2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 6-2
Standard Errors† for Asthma Attack Prevalence Percents among those with Current Asthma
by Age,United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2011
				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:	0.99	1.70	1.24	3.68	2.22	2.01	3.91	4.28	2.79	1.69	2.50
Male	1.50	2.20	2.01	4.76	2.86	3.34	5.42	6.61	4.85	2.87	4.58
Female	1.39	2.85	1.58	5.63	3.46	2.67	5.49	5.94	3.66	2.01	2.92

White Non-Hispanic:	1.30	2.56	1.47	5.23	3.37	2.58	5.65	5.96	3.51	2.02	3.02
Male	1.95	3.39	2.42	5.36	4.42	4.29	7.99	8.52	6.01	3.33	5.25
Female	1.84	4.39	1.91	9.05	4.95	3.60	7.86	8.57	4.49	2.51	3.53

Black Non-Hispanic:	2.55	3.66	3.38	6.81	4.58	4.83	7.65	10.24	8.05	3.88	5.82
Male	3.67	4.57	5.96	8.72	5.94	7.47	7.91	17.35	14.63	7.38	11.31
Female	3.32	6.12	3.65	11.37	7.60	6.23	12.29	9.80	10.22	4.46	6.77

Other Non-Hispanic:	3.48	5.04	4.18	11.57	6.04	7.09	14.05	10.57	9.90	5.60	8.69
Male	5.20	7.31	5.63	16.22	8.90	8.82	18.50	3.87	16.10	6.08	14.72
Female	4.36	7.86	4.91	16.84	9.58	9.03	19.39	12.90	12.33	6.39	10.68

Hispanic:	2.53	3.62	3.14	7.00	4.33	4.46	7.65	8.01	6.72	4.19	8.15
Male	3.67	4.60	5.53	10.03	5.36	7.35	11.18	2.52	11.05	8.14	12.30
Female	3.38	5.83	3.87	9.74	6.86	5.80	10.13	11.64	8.83	5.04	8.85

Puerto Rican:^a	5.47	8.37	6.35	14.25	10.92	8.33	10.84	0.00	12.75	9.16	13.94
Male	7.82	9.19	12.45	15.52	10.89	16.70	15.73	0.00	23.36	16.50	0.00
Female	6.78	11.78	6.60	19.32	14.09	7.39	7.77	0.00	12.72	9.99	15.59

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	3.31	4.26	4.40	9.10	4.96	6.87	13.07	8.01	8.73	6.19	12.82
Male	4.78	5.58	7.61	11.36	6.58	11.23	18.99	0.00	13.06	10.65	0.00
Female	4.68	7.37	5.15	13.79	7.78	8.60	17.71	11.65	12.11	7.06	13.98

Region:
Northeast	2.35	4.04	2.62	8.43	5.80	4.79	9.32	10.21	6.74	3.72	5.84
Midwest	2.05	4.28	2.45	8.39	5.57	3.70	5.50	7.73	4.66	3.06	4.28
South	1.70	2.64	2.31	5.80	3.10	3.90	6.63	7.77	5.66	3.13	4.03
West	1.96	3.05	2.50	6.73	4.16	3.48	8.17	7.80	4.86	3.43	6.01

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0.0-0.99	2.01	3.36	2.42	5.91	4.20	3.82	7.07	6.62	5.31	3.43	5.77
1.00-2.49	1.76	3.24	2.21	7.51	3.76	3.66	8.57	7.98	4.91	3.21	3.97
2.50-4.49	2.19	3.70	2.68	6.69	4.98	4.29	8.50	9.48	6.40	3.48	5.32
4.50 and above	2.04	3.75	2.31	13.69	5.05	4.48	8.72	14.16	5.34	2.89	6.15

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (Compiled 4/23/2013)

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

^† See the Methods section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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