2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
Age (years) | |||||||||||
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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: | 13.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 7.9 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 17.8 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.3 |
Male | 12.6 | 16.4 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 19.4 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 10.0 |
Female | 13.9 | 11.0 | 14.8 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 12.3 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 13.3 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 19.4 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 11.2 |
Male | 12.2 | 14.7 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 16.8 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 18.7 | 13.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 |
Female | 14.4 | 9.9 | 15.5 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 20.1 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 12.2 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 16.3 | 21.8 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 25.7 | 16.6 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 9.5 |
Male | 16.9 | 25.0 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 31.9 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 12.2 | 7.7 |
Female | 15.7 | 18.6 | 14.7 | 16.3 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 12.3 | 15.1 | 10.7 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 12.6 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 6.9 | 16.6 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 14.0 |
Male | 13.1 | 17.4 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 20.2 | 16.5 | 18.8* | 20.3* | 13.4 | 8.4 | 12.2 |
Female | 12.0 | 8.7 | 13.2 | 2.9* | 12.5 | 12.2 | 8.3* | 16.7* | 11.7 | 12.6 | 15.3 |
Hispanic: | 11.0 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 12.8 |
Male | 10.6 | 15.0 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 18.3 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 12.0 |
Female | 11.5 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 13.6 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
Puerto Rican:a | 23.9 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 16.4* | 30.4 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 11.9* | 18.8 | 31.3 | 16.8 |
Male | 23.2 | 35.0 | 16.4 | 23.1* | 46.1 | 14.0 | 25.6* | ** | 9.2* | 23.2 | ** |
Female | 24.4 | 13.7 | 29.5 | ** | 17.0* | 19.2 | 13.6* | 12.6* | 30.8 | 37.6 | 24.3 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 8.7 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 11.5 |
Male | 8.3 | 11.8 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 13.8 | 7.3 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 11.7* |
Female | 9.1 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 10.0* | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.3 |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 13.8 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 7.3 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 10.7 |
Midwest | 13.4 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 16.2 | 11.9 | 10.1 |
South | 12.9 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 9.0 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 17.3 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
West | 13.2 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 4.8 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 17.5 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-.99 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 20.4 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 13.1 |
1.00-2.49 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 6.4 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 11.5 |
2.50-4.49 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 11.6 |
4.50 and above | 11.7 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 19.3 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 1/3/2012
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%.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.
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