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

Table 3-2
Standard Errors1 for Current 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: 741,000 303,800 621,800 84,500 244,300 401,600 192,900 251,400 244,000 381,300 201,200
   Male 403,800 190,000 342,800 36,800 152,700 250,400 111,100 168,200 152,000 215,200 105,100
   Female 539,600 225,200 463,700 77,400 179,400 303,400 146,300 184,300 189,600 291,100 167,500
White Non–Hispanic: 506,900 178,500 461,900 75,800 129,600 265,000 122,300 149,600 178,900 288,900 169,200
   Male 273,300 115,700 246,400 21,700 87,300 160,400 77,300 93,200 107,600 161,100 84,800
   Female 385,500 135,100 347,500 73,200 97,800 205,800 91,000 111,600 141,100 219,900 137,700
Black Non–Hispanic: 321,400 137,000 254,500 21,900 117,000 197,800 103,400 112,200 123,500 144,800 69,000
   Male 198,700 96,400 160,900 21,100 87,200 134,800 48,900 91,000 84,100 88,200 40,900
   Female 207,000 91,500 172,000 5,800 74,200 133,400 79,600 68,500 88,200 104,400 50,800
Other Non–Hispanic: 202,400 74,700 169,600 16,300 68,200 97,600 32,100 66,600 62,200 113,000 70,100
    Male 127,800 64,500 103,000 11,200 58,300 61,500 32,100 28,900 44,600 77,000 23,100
    Female 140,300 37,800 132,000 11,900 36,100 72,400 0 60,000 41,100 84,400 67,300
Hispanic: 337,900 159,300 259,500 29,000 123,800 225,100 104,800 133,000 111,000 138,700 67,800
    Male 176,100 90,600 135,100 18,200 72,600 117,900 53,400 77,000 58,500 72,700 46,200
    Female 252,500 128,500 203,800 22,500 97,300 171,000 86,600 107,300 85,600 123,000 47,200
Mexican/Mexican–American:3 265,600 121,800 201,700 18,600 86,000 185,700 96,800 113,600 76,300 96,900 39,700
    Male 122,900 68,700 90,200 10,100 52,700 77,800 45,100 43,700 38,600 44,100 14,400
    Female 197,400 103,200 160,500 15,600 66,500 152,300 82,800 102,300 64,100 84,600 35,000
Other Hispanic:3 190,200 96,500 155,800 22,200 79,700 111,200 41,000 72,300 72,600 99,700 54,000
    Male 124,900 60,300 106,600 15,100 50,900 88,700 28,600 63,500 46,200 58,500 44,000
    Female 135,200 69,100 114,300 16,200 61,900 70,400 26,000 36,600 55,900 85,500 28,300
Region:
    Northeast 296,300 104,700 261,200 32,500 85,300 140,400 50,300 104,700 88,000 178,300 85,200
    Midwest 315,100 136,400 277,600 18,600 109,700 168,100 90,300 122,000 94,300 158,800 77,800
    South 475,000 207,500 384,700 70,000 171,400 282,100 135,300 166,600 161,700 225,900 130,800
    West 369,300 140,300 305,400 29,200 104,900 183,800 90,700 97,900 129,500 193,400 101,100
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:4
    0–0.99 296,500 139,400 250,600 19,600 116,000 202,900 91,200 118,000 123,400 141,100 81,800
    1.00–2.49 414,000 173,700 346,500 41,300 130,800 245,100 132,200 156,200 134,800 208,700 124,700
    2.50–4.49 335,000 136,300 281,300 64,700 111,700 182,200 80,100 97,300 119,500 187,700 97,000
    4.50 and above 348,900 125,800 312,400 33,000 99,800 202,800 85,400 124,600 129,400 203,200 97,600

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

1Standard Error which measures the variability in the estimates.
2Persons who answered “yes” to the questions: “Have you EVER been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?” and “Do you still have 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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