2003 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
All ages | Children | Adults | |||||||||
Total | Age <18 | Age 18+ | 0 – 4 | 5 – 14 | 15 – 34 | 15 – 19 | 20 – 24 | 25 – 34 | 35 – 64 | 65 + | |
Total: | 10.4 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 8.1 |
Male | 9.7 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 15.7 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
Female | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 7.0 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 9.3 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 10.4 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 8.0 |
Male | 9.5 | 13.2 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 15.9 | 11.7 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
Female | 11.3 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 4.9 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 9.1 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 12.9 | 17.6 | 10.7 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 13.2 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 8.1 |
Male | 12.4 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 19.9 | 13.8 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 4.7* |
Female | 13.3 | 16.8 | 11.9 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 16.1 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 10.3 |
Other races Non-Hispanic: | 8.9 | 11.9 | 7.7 | 7.2* | 13.3 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 8* | 5.6 | 7.8 | 11.1 |
Male | 9.9 | 14.9 | 7.8 | 11.1* | 16.1 | 8.6 | 12.8* | ** | 6.1* | 7.9 | 9* |
Female | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | ** | 10.3* | 7.0 | 13.3* | ** | 5.1* | 7.7 | 12.7* |
Hispanic: | 8.8 | 11.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 12.6 | 8.6 | 14.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
Male | 8.5 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 13.1 | 9.0 | 18.9 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 6.4* |
Female | 9.1 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
Puerto Rican:ª | 19.9 | 26.1 | 17.0 | 11.8* | 31.1 | 18.5 | 26.6 | 11.8* | 17.7 | 18.8 | 13.5* |
Male | 15.0 | 21.5 | 11.8 | ** | 25.6 | 17.5 | 19.7* | ** | 20.1 | 11.6 | ** |
Female | 24.6 | 31.2 | 21.9 | ** | 36.6 | 19.6 | 35.9* | ** | 15.3 | 24.8 | 23.1 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:ª | 6.7 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.7 |
Male | 6.5 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 10.4 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 4.4* | 3.7* | 3.8 | 8.7* |
Female | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 4.4* | 8.6 | 6.6 | 5.9* | 7.7* | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.6* |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 11.4 | 14.1 | 10.6 | 6.5 | 16.9 | 13.1 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 8.2 |
Midwest | 11.2 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 17.4 | 14.1 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 8.2 |
South | 9.4 | 11.7 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
West | 10.5 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.6 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold: | |||||||||||
0 – .99 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 18.8 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 15.4 | 11.9 |
1.00 – 2.49 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 9.6 |
2.50 – 4.49 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 5.8 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
4.50 and above | 9.5 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 4.3 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 6.2 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 3/9/2005
ªa subset of Hispanic
All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.
* Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50%; the estimate is unreliable.
** Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50%.
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