2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-1
Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
				Age (years)
						15-34
Characteristic†	All ages Total	Children Age <18	Adults Age 18+	0 – 4	5 – 14	15 – 34	15 – 19	20 – 24	25 – 34	35 – 64	65+
Total:	38,450	10,190	28,260	1,499	6,576	12,381	3,653	3,609	5,119	13,887	4,107
Male	17,889	6,184	11,705	1,031	3,919	6,082	2,046	1,718	2,318	5,271	1,586
Female	20,560	4,006	16,555	468	2,657	6,299	1,607	1,891	2,801	8,616	2,521

White Non-Hispanic:	25,307	5,356	19,951	676	3,347	8,169	2,459	2,376	3,334	9,961	3,153
Male	11,727	3,327	8,401	476	2,116	3,963	1,306	1,183	1,474	3,939	1,233
Female	13,579	2,029	11,550	200	1,231	4,206	1,153	1,193	1,860	6,022	1,920

Black Non-Hispanic:	5,808	2,283	3,525	325	1,587	1,746	491	511	745	1,766	385
Male	2,785	1,378	1,407	248	888	904	327	262	315	621	123
Female	3,024	905	2,119	77*	699	842	164	249	429	1,144	261

Other Non-Hispanic:	2,660	826	1,834	133*	554	786	215	217*	354	917	270
Male	1,315	543	772	102*	344	428	147*	113*	169*	318	123
Female	1,345	283	1,062	31*	210*	357	68*	**	185	599	147

Hispanic:	4,675	1,725	2,950	364	1,087	1,680	489	505	686	1,243	300
Male	2,063	937	1,126	205	571	786	266	160*	360	393	107*
Female	2,612	788	1,824	159*	516	894	222	345	327	850	193

Puerto Rican:^a	942	344	597	44*	258	256	66*	76*	114	316	68*
Male	452	216	236	22*	176	109*	**	**	37*	105*	**
Female	490	128	361	**	82*	147	42*	**	77	211	27*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	2,590	1,044	1,546	245	633	988	304	345	340	604	120
Male	1,042	490	553	118	272	444	177*	102*	165*	185	**
Female	1,547	555	993	127*	361	544	126*	243*	175	419	97

Region:
Northeast	6,740	1,861	4,879	194	1,185	2,132	831	384	917	2,530	699
Midwest	9,716	2,509	7,206	427	1,596	3,184	851	1,088	1,244	3,565	944
South	12,895	3,798	9,097	614	2,456	3,963	1,169	1,166	1,629	4,488	1,374
West	9,099	2,022	7,077	264	1,338	3,102	802	971	1,329	3,304	1,090

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-.99	6,522	2,314	4,208	489	1,487	2,104	581	811	713	2,055	387
1.00-2.49	10,964	3,354	7,610	412	2,312	3,543	1,061	1,079	1,402	3,122	1,576
2.50-4.49	10,368	2,418	7,950	337	1,484	3,525	1,069	1,001	1,454	3,750	1,273
4.50 and above	10,595	2,103	8,492	261	1,293	3,210	942	718	1,550	4,960	871

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 8/30/2010

All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.

^* Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50%; the estimate is unreliable.

^** Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50%.

^† Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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