2004 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: | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.16 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.40 | |||
Male | 0.20 | 0.43 | 0.21 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.38 | 1.06 | 0.83 | 0.47 | 0.28 | 0.55 | |||
Female | 0.21 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.54 | 0.36 | 0.54 | |||
White Non-Hispanic: | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.62 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.50 | 0.28 | 0.47 | |||
Male | 0.24 | 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.49 | 1.34 | 1.11 | 0.65 | 0.34 | 0.64 | |||
Female | 0.27 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.91 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 1.26 | 1.36 | 0.77 | 0.44 | 0.63 | |||
Black Non-Hispanic: | 0.46 | 0.94 | 0.50 | 1.29 | 1.32 | 0.93 | 2.04 | 1.86 | 1.06 | 0.69 | 1.21 | |||
Male | 0.69 | 1.39 | 0.72 | 2.05 | 2.04 | 1.45 | 3.19 | 2.89 | 1.43 | 0.86 | 1.95 | |||
Female | 0.54 | 1.10 | 0.65 | 1.81 | 1.58 | 1.13 | 2.11 | 2.43 | 1.47 | 0.89 | 1.46 | |||
Other races Non-Hispanic: | 0.58 | 1.07 | 0.64 | 1.18 | 1.52 | 0.70 | 1.38 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 1.90 | |||
Male | 0.71 | 1.42 | 0.67 | 2.05 | 2.27 | 0.78 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 1.46 | 1.10 | 1.14 | |||
Female | 0.83 | 1.45 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 2.00 | 1.21 | 2.96 | 2.18 | 1.64 | 1.65 | 3.35 | |||
Hispanic: | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.34 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.46 | 1.33 | 1.01 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 1.14 | |||
Male | 0.40 | 0.78 | 0.42 | 1.28 | 1.15 | 0.69 | 2.25 | 1.25 | 0.70 | 0.55 | 1.40 | |||
Female | 0.38 | 0.66 | 0.49 | 0.79 | 0.93 | 0.61 | 1.40 | 1.57 | 0.94 | 0.61 | 1.75 | |||
Puerto Rican: | 1.49 | 2.81 | 1.84 | 7.48 | 3.77 | 2.99 | 9.27 | 4.98 | 2.16 | 2.34 | 5.21 | |||
Male | 2.52 | 4.08 | 2.84 | 10.45 | 5.57 | 5.45 | 18.00 | 3.20 | 2.06 | 2.92 | 7.09 | |||
Female | 1.91 | 3.60 | 2.38 | 3.31 | 4.82 | 2.86 | 7.22 | 9.29 | 3.48 | 3.51 | 7.59 | |||
Mexican/Mexican-American: | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.57 | 0.77 | 0.48 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 1.16 | |||
Male | 0.40 | 0.77 | 0.41 | 0.99 | 1.24 | 0.64 | 1.57 | 1.14 | 0.86 | 0.66 | 1.46 | |||
Female | 0.42 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.76 | 1.57 | 2.03 | 1.18 | 0.67 | 1.68 | |||
Region: | ||||||||||||||
Northeast | 0.41 | 0.72 | 0.46 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.86 | 1.61 | 2.12 | 1.06 | 0.55 | 0.83 | |||
Midwest | 0.31 | 0.69 | 0.28 | 0.98 | 0.87 | 0.57 | 1.80 | 1.09 | 0.69 | 0.43 | 0.78 | |||
South | 0.23 | 0.53 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.36 | 0.89 | 0.78 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 0.73 | |||
West | 0.31 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.85 | 0.51 | 0.59 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 0.79 | 0.56 | 0.88 | |||
Ratio of Family Income to | ||||||||||||||
Poverty Threshold: | ||||||||||||||
0 – .99 | 0.53 | 0.89 | 0.62 | 1.31 | 1.39 | 0.85 | 1.55 | 1.64 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 1.28 | |||
1.00 – 2.49 | 0.31 | 0.57 | 0.35 | 0.97 | 0.76 | 0.59 | 1.27 | 1.20 | 0.84 | 0.54 | 0.72 | |||
2.50 – 4.49 | 0.30 | 0.56 | 0.35 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.59 | 1.28 | 1.46 | 0.69 | 0.46 | 1.06 | |||
4.50 and above | 0.31 | 0.72 | 0.33 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.72 | 1.78 | 2.07 | 0.80 | 0.42 | 0.80 | |||
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 1/19/2006
* See the “Methods” Section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
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