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Standard Errors1 for Lifetime Asthma2 Population Estimates—Rounded by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2020

Table 1-2
Standard Errors1 for Lifetime Asthma2 Population Estimates—Rounded
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2020
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: 1,074,000 419,300 894,400 172,600 300,700 603,400 289,600 345,100 355,500 503,800 235,900
   Male 637,100 297,200 539,300 151,000 200,200 402,800 187,700 255,600 249,100 311,800 129,400
   Female 686,800 261,100 586,100 83,100 204,900 400,800 199,200 226,900 244,700 352,900 188,300
White Non–Hispanic: 772,900 265,800 682,300 148,600 177,400 400,500 171,200 198,900 282,400 396,900 203,500
   Male 468,500 214,400 395,200 125,300 138,300 261,500 113,000 145,800 188,600 250,400 111,600
   Female 505,700 150,200 459,500 78,500 106,300 273,400 123,600 129,300 193,800 275,900 159,700
Black Non–Hispanic: 438,500 160,100 361,800 21,900 122,200 284,000 143,800 169,900 153,800 182,400 76,800
   Male 274,300 107,800 235,000 21,100 93,500 200,200 62,500 145,600 99,600 121,700 43,600
   Female 260,300 113,900 215,800 5,800 75,100 175,200 118,400 84,900 105,200 121,000 60,200
Other Non–Hispanic: 254,600 101,800 213,800 55,600 76,900 145,400 48,100 86,300 103,300 137,500 73,900
    Male 172,100 87,800 142,000 53,300 62,700 106,200 39,200 50,200 86,100 96,200 27,000
    Female 169,200 52,800 157,200 15,700 44,200 95,200 28,800 70,300 56,400 99,600 69,000
Hispanic: 538,300 231,300 397,800 68,200 174,000 349,100 159,000 206,300 146,700 183,100 83,600
    Male 313,900 160,600 238,000 64,400 103,600 226,900 129,700 137,100 100,500 108,300 56,500
    Female 329,700 150,900 262,700 22,500 128,500 216,800 89,000 150,600 97,900 146,900 56,600
Mexican/Mexican–American:3 438,500 172,700 322,400 30,000 122,400 301,500 147,800 182,400 106,900 131,600 53,900
    Male 262,000 123,700 195,500 25,700 82,500 191,500 119,200 105,700 76,600 79,600 25,400
    Female 249,700 108,100 209,300 15,600 77,600 196,600 83,700 140,700 71,900 96,300 42,600
 Other Hispanic:3 283,400 145,400 224,600 61,300 116,000 159,000 61,300 103,500 93,600 124,000 64,400
    Male 172,600 99,900 141,800 59,100 64,100 122,600 49,900 87,900 67,500 72,500 51,700
    Female 188,200 99,600 149,000 16,200 94,900 89,800 30,800 57,600 65,600 102,900 34,400
Region:
    Northeast 424,600 178,400 379,700 125,800 120,800 199,700 73,700 137,400 112,300 229,900 94,500
    Midwest 420,100 188,000 360,600 64,300 127,000 224,000 116,500 153,000 139,800 218,500 90,800
    South 693,200 273,500 562,200 90,900 205,700 433,600 213,000 227,900 249,900 292,700 156,500
    West 562,200 184,100 457,900 39,600 131,900 293,300 139,700 157,800 178,100 259,900 118,100
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:4
    0–0.99 379,700 209,200 301,000 124,500 136,800 234,600 110,000 135,800 146,700 176,700 95,500
    1.00–2.49 553,500 220,800 464,700 97,100 152,200 342,100 174,800 212,000 183,900 269,700 144,300
    2.50–4.49 453,700 174,200 386,300 64,700 147,300 262,400 114,300 152,100 169,900 249,300 116,100
    4.50 and above 522,500 192,100 455,400 35,300 131,000 313,500 157,200 155,700 212,400 276,200 129,100

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 3/8/2022

1Standard Error which measures the variability in the estimates.
2Lifetime asthma determined by persons who answered “yes” to the question: “Have you EVER been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?”
3As a subset of Hispanic.
4Missing responses imputed.
Notes: Sex determined by “male” or “female” response to question: “Are you male or female?” Additional information on methods and variable description available at: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/nhis/default.htm.

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

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