2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 4-1
Current Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age,
United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2017
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: 7.9 8.4 7.7 4.4 9.7 8.0 9.4 7.3 7.6 8.1 7.0
Male 6.4 9.5 5.4 6.8 10.3 6.9 9.6 6.9 5.5 5.2 5.2
Female 9.3 7.3 9.8 2.0 9.1 9.1 9.3 7.7 9.7 10.9 8.5
White Non-Hispanic: 8.1 7.7 8.1 3.7 8.8 8.8 10.6 8.5 8.1 8.5 7.0
Male 6.5 9.0 5.9 6.2 9.5 7.4 9.8 7.8 6.0 5.7 5.3
Female 9.6 6.5 10.3 1.2* 8.0 10.2 11.5 9.2 10.1 11.3 8.4
Black Non-Hispanic: 10.1 12.6 9.2 6.9 16.1 9.1 8.0 11.5 8.7 9.9 7.2
Male 8.0 14.1 5.7 9.2* 16.6 7.9 11.0 11.5* 4.5* 5.7 2.6*
Female 11.9 11.1 12.2 4.6* 15.7 10.2 5.3* 11.5* 12.3 13.5 10.4
Other Non-Hispanic: 6.7 8.2 6.1 4.0* 9.4 5.3 10.5 4.0* 3.4* 6.4 9.1
Male 5.3 9.0 3.8 6.7* 10.5 3.4 8.7* ** ** 3.4* 8.9*
Female 7.9 7.4 8.1 ** 8.2 7.1 12.2* 5.4* 5.4* 9.1 9.2
Hispanic: 6.4 7.7 5.8 4.7 8.4 6.4 7.3 3.1* 7.6 6.0 5.1
Male 5.8 8.6 4.5 6.7* 8.6 6.5 8.6 3.4* 6.6* 3.8 3.8*
Female 7.0 6.8 7.0 2.6* 8.1 6.4 5.7 2.9* 8.6 8.2 6.0
Puerto Rican:a 12.8 11.3 13.5 11.5* 10.1* 13.0 11.7* ** 19.9 15.7 9.3*
Male 11.4 9.3* 12.4* ** ** 14.0* 13.9* ** ** 13.6* **
Female 13.9 13.1* 14.3 14.0* 13.4* 12.0 ** ** 22.0 17.3 10.4*
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 5.1 6.2 4.5 2.8* 7.0 5.4 7.2 3.1* 5.3 4.6 3.9
Male 4.7 7.6 3.2 5.0* 7.7 6.0 9.7* ** 4.6* 2.2* **
Female 5.5 4.8 5.9 ** 6.2 4.7 4.5* ** 6.2* 7.1 6.5
Region:
Northeast 8.5 10.2 8.0 6.7 11.2 8.3 10.4 7.0* 7.8 8.9 6.5
Midwest 8.4 9.2 8.2 4.2 9.6 9.7 14.2 6.8 9.1 8.6 6.4
South 7.7 8.1 7.5 3.7 10.2 7.0 7.8 6.9 6.7 7.8 8.0
West 7.3 7.0 7.4 4.3* 8.0 7.7 7.1 8.7 7.4 7.6 6.5
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
0-0.99 11.7 11.0 12.0 9.3 11.2 9.9 12.4 9.6 8.1 15.0 10.9
1.00-2.49 7.9 8.6 7.6 3.7 9.9 8.1 10.9 6.8 7.2 8.1 7.1
2.50-4.49 7.3 7.9 7.1 3.6 9.6 7.4 6.9 6.6 8.1 7.6 6.2
4.50 and above 6.8 6.8 6.8 2.3* 8.5 7.3 7.7 6.4* 7.3 6.8 6.5

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 03/18/2019
All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.
*Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50%; the estimate is unreliable.
**Suppressed if relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50% or if standard error is missing or 0.
aAs a subset of Hispanic.
bMissing responses imputed.

Asthma and Community Health Branch
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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