2014 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-1
Table Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2014
				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:	40,461	9,862	30,598	1,111	6,595	13,214	3,697	3,714	5,802	14,626	4,916
Male	18,307	5,920	12,387	692	3,958	6,134	1,952	1,795	2,387	5,970	1,553
Female	22,154	3,942	18,212	419	2,637	7,080	1,745	1,919	3,415	8,656	3,362

White Non-Hispanic:	25,167	4,672	20,496	325	3,257	8,088	1,963	2,304	3,822	9,816	3,681
Male	11,134	2,783	8,351	226	1,911	3,693	1,003	1,117	1,574	4,145	1,160
Female	14,033	1,889	12,145	100*	1,346	4,395	960	1,187	2,248	5,672	2,521

Black Non-Hispanic:	6,049	1,884	4,165	386	1,111	2,033	719	577	737	2,033	487
Male	2,814	1,178	1,636	220	717	1,054	388	312	354	721	102
Female	3,236	706	2,530	166	394	979	331	266	383	1,312	386

Other Non-Hispanic:	2,927	812	2,115	100	582	853	203	216	435	1,003	388
Male	1,416	471	945	50*	337	393	113	104	176	446	189
Female	1,511	341	1,170	50*	245	460	90	112*	259	557	199

Hispanic:	6,317	2,494	3,823	299	1,645	2,239	813	617	809	1,773	360
Male	2,944	1,489	1,455	196	993	994	448	262	283	658	103
Female	3,373	1,005	2,368	103	652	1,245	365	355	526	1,115	257

Puerto Rican:^a	1,197	488	709	69*	315	342	108	84*	150	379	92
Male	464	241	223	**	146	189	73	35*	80*	83*	**
Female	732	246	486	**	169	153	34*	49*	70*	297	71*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	3,453	1,441	2,011	168	955	1,388	550	440	398	816	125
Male	1,590	845	745	113	562	564	290	160	113	305	45
Female	1,863	596	1,266	55	393	824	260	279	285	511	80

Region:
Northeast	7,060	1,751	5,309	178	1,242	2,021	597	614	810	2,621	998
Midwest	9,202	2,073	7,129	271	1,411	3,252	851	1,001	1,401	3,254	1,014
South	14,965	3,900	11,065	390	2,577	5,000	1,415	1,382	2,203	5,255	1,743
West	9,234	2,139	7,095	272	1,365	2,941	835	718	1,388	3,496	1,161

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	7,887	2,595	5,292	394	1,768	2,865	903	1,053	908	2,381	479
1.00-2.49	11,469	2,995	8,474	397	2,041	3,863	1,132	1,142	1,589	3,497	1,672
2.50-4.49	10,189	2,319	7,870	205	1,458	3,442	929	819	1,694	3,659	1,425
4.50 and above	10,916	1,953	8,963	115	1,328	3,044	733	700	1,611	5,088	1,340

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 01/21/2016

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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