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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Current asthma prevalence percents by age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 Age (years) All ages Children Adults 15 - 34 Total Age <18 Age 18+ 0 - 4 5 - 14 15 - 34 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 64 65+ Total: 7.8 9.3 7.3 5.8 10.9 7.8 9.5 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.0 Male 7.0 11.0 5.6 7.0 13.3 6.4 8.5 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.8 Female 8.6 7.5 8.9 4.6 8.4 9.3 10.6 9.6 8.5 9.1 7.9 White Non-Hispanic: 7.9 8.8 7.7 5.4 10.1 8.6 9.4 8.7 8.1 7.6 6.9 Male 7.0 10.2 6.1 6.2 12.6 6.8 7.9 5.7 6.7 6.0 5.9 Female 8.8 7.2 9.2 4.6 7.6 10.5 11.1 11.8 9.5 9.1 7.7 Black Non-Hispanic: 9.2 12.7 7.7 8.9 15.0 8.3 11.2 6.8 7.2 7.4 8.9 Male 8.4 14.2 5.4 10.0 17.1 7.1 9.9 5.6* 6.1 4.4 8.1 Female 10.0 11.2 9.5 7.7 12.9 9.2 12.6 7.7 8.3 9.9 9.5 Other races Non-Hispanic: 7.1 6.9 7.2 • 8.4 6.1 6.9* 8.7* 4.5* 8.3 6.9 Male 6.9 7.9 6.6 • 9.5 6.0* 7.7* • • 8.1 5.4* Female 7.3 6.0 7.7 • 7.4 6.2 • • 7.9* 8.5 8.2* Hispanic: 6.4 9.0 5.1 5.5 10.6 5.5 9.0 4.8 4.2 5.3 5.6 Male 5.9 11.8 2.9 8.1 13.5 4.8 9.7 3.4* • 2.4 2.4* Female 6.9 6.1 7.4 2.8 7.6 6.3 8.2 6.2 5.4 8.4 7.9 Puerto Rican:Δ 17.2 25.7 13.1 23.9 27.3 15.7 17.7* 21.0* 11.7* 12.1 14.6* Male 14.5 32.4 5.6* 36.5 36.2 7.5* • • • 5.5* • Female 19.7 18.9 20.1 • 20.2 24.3 26.8* 33.8 17.2* 18.2 21.7* Mexican/Mexican-American:Δ 5.0 6.6 4.1 3.0 8.8 4.5 7.1 3.6* 3.8* 4.1 3.8* Male 5.0 9.1 2.9* 3.9 11.9 4.4* 7.7* • • 2.0 • Female 5.0 4.0 5.5 2.1* 5.4 4.6 6.3* 3.2* 4.4 6.5 • Region: Northeast 9.0 12.1 8.0 9.5 13.4 9.5 10.9 11.4 7.5 7.7 7.3 Midwest 8.3 9.8 7.9 5.5 11.6 8.6 10.1 8.0 8.2 8.0 6.6 South 7.3 8.6 6.8 6.4 10.2 7.2 7.6 7.6 6.8 6.6 6.8 West 7.2 7.6 7.0 2.3 9.3 6.7 10.7 4.6 5.6 7.6 7.6 Ratio of family income to poverty threshold:◊ 0 - 0.99 11.7 12.2 11.4 9.2 14.0 10.7 14.1 11.3 7.8 13.2 9.3 1.00 - 2.49 8.1 9.4 7.6 5.8 11.0 7.3 9.1 6.5 6.8 7.9 8.5 2.50 - 4.49 7.2 9.3 6.6 3.8 11.2 7.0 8.9 5.8 6.6 7.2 5.3 4.50 and above 6.1 6.3 6.0 3.9 7.4 7.3 6.7 8.0 7.3 5.6 5.4 All relative standard errors are <30 percent unless otherwise indicated. * Relative standard error of the estimate is 30-50 percent; the estimate is unreliable. • Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50 percent. Δ As a subset of Hispanic. ◊ Missing responses imputed. National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.