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2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
| 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.
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