# Asthma

2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-1 Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age, United States: National Health Interview Su rvey, 2008 Age (years)

15-34

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: 12.9 13.8 12.6 7.2 16.4 15.1 17.4 17.4 12.7 11.7 11.0

Male 12.2 16.4 10.8 9.8 19.0 14.8 19.3 16.5 11.5 9.1 9.9

Female 13.5 11.1 14.2 4.6 13.6 15.4 15.4 18.3 14.0 14.2 11.9

White Non-Hispanic: 12.9 13.0 12.9 6.1 14.8 16.7 19.4 18.7 14.1 12.0 10.6

Male 12.3 15.9 11.2 8.4 18.4 16.1 20.4 18.3 12.5 9.6 9.5

Female 13.6 10.0 14.5 3.7 11.1 17.2 18.3 19.2 15.7 14.3 11.4

Black Non-Hispanic: 15.8 21.1 13.5 11.1 26.4 15.7 16.5 17.9 14.0 12.9 12.4

Male 16.2 24.7 12.1 16.4 28.4 17.2 21.6 21.0 12.6 10.2 10.3

Female 15.4 17.3 14.7 5.4* 24.2 14.3 11.2 15.5 15.3 15.2 13.6

Other Non-Hispanic: 13.3 14.0 13.0 8.0* 17.4 12.8 14.3 13.9* 11.6 12.8 14.7

Male 13.6 17.8 11.6 12.7* 20.2 14.6 18.7 15.6* 11.8 9.4 14.1

Female 13.0 9.9 14.2 3.6* 14.1 11.2 9.5* ** 11.3 15.8 15.1

Hispanic: 10.1 10.9 9.6 7.2 13.0 10.8 12.7 14.0 8.4 8.4 11.6 

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All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherw ise indicated.

* Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50% ; the estimate is unreliable.

** Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50%. Male 8.7 11.6 7.2 7.9 13.3 9.5 14.1 8.2 8.1 5.2 9.8*

Female 11.6 10.2 12.3 6.5* 12.6 12.2 11.4 20.9 8.8 11.8 12.9

Puerto Rican: a 21.1 22.7 20.3 10.5* 29.4 19.3 16.4 25.4* 18.3 20.5 22.3

Male 20.9 26.5 17.5 9.1* 37.2 19.7* 17.6* 28.7* 14.8* 14.3* 25.0*

Female 21.2 18.2 22.5 ** 20.2* 19.1 15.7* ** 20.7 26.1 19.1*

Mexican/MexicanAmerican: a 8.7 9.7 8.1 7.0 11.2 9.4 11.4 14.4 6.2 6.9 8.5

Male 6.8 9.0 5.6 6.5 9.7 7.8 13.1* 7.9* 5.4* 4.1 **

Female 10.7 10.4 10.9 7.5* 12.7 11.2 9.6 21.9 7.2 9.9 11.5

Region:

Northeast 13.3 15.2 12.7 6.0 17.9 16.9 23.3 11.7 15.8 12.0 9.8

Midwest 13.5 14.0 13.3 8.7 15.9 15.8 16.9 21.4 12.4 12.7 10.8

South 12.0 14.7 11.2 8.5 17.3 13.3 15.2 15.7 11.2 10.6 10.1

West 13.2 11.4 13.8 4.9 14.3 16.0 17.0 19.8 13.6 12.3 13.9

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold: b

0-.99 16.3 17.0 16.0 10.7 21.0 14.9 14.4 17.3 13.2 18.8 12.1

1.00-2.49 13.1 13.9 12.8 6.1 17.2 14.6 17.1 16.7 12.1 12.2 11.6

2.50-4.49 12.6 12.6 12.6 6.5 13.9 15.9 20.3 18.4 12.6 11.2 11.5

4.50 and above 11.4 12.6 11.2 6.2 14.4 15.1 17.1 17.3 13.3 10.1 9.3 

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b Missing responses imputed.

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