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Table 2-1 Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019
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: 12.8 10.5 13.5 3.2 13.0 16.4 14.8 19.4 15.7 12.3 11.4
   Male 12.4 12.5 12.4 3.8 15.8 16.4 16.3 19.6 14.9 11.2 8.9
   Female 13.2 8.5 14.5 2.5 10.1 16.4 13.3 19.3 16.5 13.4 13.5
White Non-Hispanic: 13.0 9.3 13.8 2.2 11.5 17.1 14.9 19.7 16.9 13.2 11.0
   Male 12.0 10.0 12.5 2.2* 12.6 16.7 16.5 18.1 16.1 11.7 8.7
   Female 13.9 8.5 15.2 2.2* 10.2 17.5 13.4 21.5 17.7 14.8 12.9
Black Non-Hispanic: 15.8 17.6 15.2 7.0* 20.9 20.6 19.4 25.7 18.7 12.7 11.8
   Male 16.2 23.7 13.6 9.4* 28.2 20.2 21.5 25.6 16.6 11.6 7.0
   Female 15.4 11.9 16.5 ** 13.8 21.0 16.6 25.8 20.4 13.6 15.2
Other Non-Hispanic: 10.2 9.3 10.5 2.7* 11.4 11.9 16.1 13.7 9.5 9.6 11.1
    Male 10.8 10.9 10.8 ** 14.7 11.5 11.4* 14.9* 10.1 10.3 10.8*
    Female 9.6 7.8 10.2 ** 8.2 12.3 20.0 12.7* 8.8 9.0 11.3
Hispanic: 11.6 10.0 12.3 3.5 12.7 14.0 11.7 17.4 13.6 10.0 14.7
    Male 12.3 12.7 12.0 4.5 16.6 15.3 14.3 21.9 13.1 9.4 10.6
    Female 10.9 7.1 12.6 2.6* 8.7 12.8 8.7 13.8 14.2 10.7 18.1
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 9.9 8.7 10.5 2.4* 10.8 12.6 12.1 15.8 11.2 8.0 13.5
    Male 10.2 10.3 10.2 3.7* 12.9 12.6 13.7 16.8 9.8 8.1 8.6
    Female 9.7 7.0 10.8 ** 8.6 12.6 10.3 14.9 12.6 7.8 17.1
 Other Hispanic:a 14.1 12.3 14.8 5.2* 16.4 16.4 10.1 20.1 17.5 13.0 15.8
    Male 15.2 17.3 14.3 5.8* 23.9 19.7 14.4 32.5 18.0 11.1 12.6
    Female 13.0 7.3 15.2 ** 9.1 13.3 5.4* 13.0* 17.0 14.8 18.8
Region:
    Northeast 13.1 11.3 13.6 4.7 13.0 16.8 15.7 22.1 15.2 13.0 11.1
    Midwest 12.5 10.8 13.0 2.6* 14.8 14.9 13.8 17.8 13.9 12.7 10.2
    South 12.7 10.8 13.3 3.3 13.3 16.8 14.1 19.9 16.6 11.5 11.5
    West 13.0 9.4 14.1 2.6* 11.2 16.7 16.3 18.6 16.0 12.7 12.7
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 16.6 14.5 17.5 6.3 18.3 17.5 14.1 22.6 16.0 18.1 15.5
    1.00-2.49 13.3 11.0 14.1 3.1 13.6 16.8 17.3 16.7 16.6 13.1 12.1
    2.50-4.49 12.5 9.6 13.3 1.5* 12.0 16.3 12.7 19.9 16.2 11.8 11.6
    4.50 and above 11.1 8.1 11.7 2.5 9.4 15.4 14.5 20.0 14.1 10.7 9.5

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 12/7/2020

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.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.

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

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