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Lifetime Asthma1 Population Estimates — in Thousands2 by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2021

Table 1-1
Lifetime Asthma1 Population Estimates–in Thousands2
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2021
Characteristic3 All Ages
Total		 Children
Age <18		 Adults
Age 18+		 0–4 5–14 15–19 20–24 25–34 35–64 65+
Total: 41,892 7,347 34,545 486 4,860 3,440 3,497 7,400 15,914 6,237
   Male 19,229 4,483 14,747 257 3,038 2,045 1,688 3,568 6,462 2,159
   Female 22,662 2,864 19,798 230 1,822 1,395 1,809 3,832 9,452 4,078
White Non–Hispanic: 25,651 3,343 22,308 143 2,123 1,898 1,883 4,281 10,703 4,609
   Male 11,662 2,089 9,573 103* 1,308 1,139 949 1,976 4,579 1,602
   Female 13,989 1,254 12,735 39* 815 759 934 2,306 6,123 3,007
Black Non–Hispanic: 6,129 1,492 4,637 134* 1,002 567 525 1,197 2,054 610
   Male 2,643 784 1,859 62* 536 337 271 616 652 162
   Female 3,487 709 2,778 72* 466 231 255 581 1,402 447
Other Non–Hispanic: 3,568 849 2,718 101* 567 296 480 547 1,126 444
    Male 1,723 509 1,214 ** 370 191 232 266 433 206
    Female 1,845 341 1,504 76* 197 106* 248* 281 693 238
Hispanic: 6,544 1,662 4,882 109* 1,167 678 610 1,375 2,031 574
    Male 3,202 1,101 2,101 66* 824 379 237 710 798 189
    Female 3,342 560 2,781 ** 344 300 373 664 1,233 385
Mexican/Mexican–American:2 3,057 970 2,087 ** 707 401 247 544 902 237
    Male 1,565 662 903 ** 495 219 110* 275 373 81*
    Female 1,492 308 1,184 ** 212 182 138* 269 529 156
Other Hispanic:2 3,373 659 2,714 83* 444 267 362 831 1,070 315
    Male 1,583 417 1,166 46* 317 156* 127* 436 405 97*
    Female 1,790 242 1,548 ** 128 111* 235 395 665 218
Region:
    Northeast 6,669 922 5,748 62* 565 438 700 1,077 2,725 1,079
    Midwest 9,136 1,687 7,449 148 1,041 844 684 1,690 3,428 1,282
    South 15,833 3,069 12,764 216 2,152 1,402 1,333 2,708 5,800 2,213
    West 10,258 1,674 8,584 61* 1,106 755 780 1,925 3,961 1,663
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:3
    0–0.99 5,895 1,537 4,358 86* 1,084 527 666 1,045 1,837 647
    1.00–2.49 11,681 2,284 9,396 209 1,498 1,057 1,146 1,882 3,949 1,929
    2.50–4.49 10,833 1,751 9,082 101* 1,142 927 992 2,091 3,962 1,603
    4.50 and above 13,487 1,778 11,708 90* 1,140 928 693 2,382 6,165 2,058

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 3/27/2023

1Lifetime 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?
2Multiply numbers by a thousand.
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.
3Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.
4As a subset of Hispanic.
5Missing responses imputed. See NHIS “Imputed Income Technical Document”: https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHIS/2020/NHIS2020-imputation-techdoc-508.pdf.
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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