2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-2
Standard Errors†for Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates: rounded by Age,
United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2015
				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:	846,500	334,200	700,000	110,900	263,100	440,400	221,800	227,300	298,700	488,200	210,300
Male	553,100	248,400	477,000	82,400	201,900	316,600	170,800	175,900	195,600	315,100	142,200
Female	575,800	206,000	513,300	71,200	166,800	294,900	146,000	144,100	195,700	351,700	173,500

White Non-Hispanic:	677,100	256,800	585,100	77,700	195,500	344,300	174,800	185,700	219,300	424,600	183,900
Male	444,600	184,500	396,900	65,100	151,000	243,400	150,600	138,500	145,600	280,900	128,600
Female	462,900	159,000	422,700	36,900	131,500	226,900	97,500	125,400	148,500	308,500	151,600

Black Non-Hispanic:	279,800	128,400	218,300	44,400	99,700	153,900	86,800	90,600	93,400	156,400	48,300
Male	175,600	90,500	144,900	32,400	70,700	119,000	61,200	75,400	71,000	85,400	26,600
Female	208,600	82,900	174,600	33,700	65,800	97,000	55,600	48,500	62,600	127,300	41,500

Other Non-Hispanic:	217,400	112,000	176,800	40,500	91,900	133,600	58,100	57,600	94,900	112,100	50,900
Male	153,300	94,400	120,100	24,700	81,100	86,500	37,700	50,500	59,000	87,800	35,100
Female	134,200	51,600	115,300	29,300	39,400	85,600	42,500	26,700	68,200	68,900	36,900

Hispanic:	312,000	141,000	239,500	45,500	115,300	179,700	103,500	79,700	113,200	135,800	49,500
Male	215,300	101,800	167,900	30,000	86,000	132,100	77,200	61,600	87,100	87,600	28,700
Female	185,900	89,400	151,000	34,300	71,300	103,000	70,900	47,200	65,600	102,000	40,700

Puerto Rican:^a	112,400	42,300	99,500	22,300	32,000	61,300	34,600	29,200	35,400	63,500	31,500
Male	76,300	33,800	66,900	17,700	26,000	50,800	31,700	16,900	26,200	38,000	21,600
Female	77,700	22,800	74,400	13,500	17,100	37,000	13,300	23,900	23,800	52,500	22,900

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	243,100	115,900	180,700	30,900	96,100	135,700	89,400	49,500	82,900	97,300	27,800
Male	180,800	87,800	133,000	21,700	73,200	98,300	64,100	34,800	65,500	69,600	17,400
Female	127,800	71,600	103,800	22,000	60,400	80,900	59,500	33,900	52,600	69,700	22,900

Region:
Northeast	318,800	129,800	293,700	59,000	106,600	123,500	68,200	67,700	92,400	232,600	75,100
Midwest	427,900	157,200	353,100	39,900	130,100	255,200	102,500	138,200	187,200	225,200	94,600
South	482,600	212,000	395,600	72,800	160,900	257,600	138,000	130,400	183,200	277,400	143,500
West	443,900	158,100	348,900	43,800	122,700	226,900	122,300	104,700	110,000	236,600	98,400

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	331,500	182,700	234,800	67,300	150,500	173,500	125,000	88,400	85,500	167,000	62,100
1.00-2.49	450,900	200,700	359,800	64,600	154,400	245,200	124,000	149,900	159,600	236,200	134,300
2.50-4.49	405,300	143,500	339,100	49,400	117,300	244,100	99,300	117,600	190,000	210,900	115,300
4.50 and above	397,300	136,800	379,600	48,300	114,000	222,900	136,500	114,600	141,800	315,300	130,600

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 01/21/2017

^† 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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