Asthma
Current Asthma Status
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
| All Adults |
11257 |
92.9 |
92.3-93.5 |
7.1 |
6.51-7.65 |
Current Asthma Status by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
553 |
90.8 |
87.9-93.7 |
9.2 |
6.54-11.8 |
25-34 |
1556 |
91.6 |
90.0-93.2 |
8.4 |
6.85-9.99 |
35-44 |
2440 |
94.4 |
93.4-95.4 |
5.6 |
4.59-6.55 |
45-54 |
2350 |
92.4 |
91.1-93.6 |
7.6 |
6.41-8.87 |
55-64 |
1693 |
93.2 |
91.8-94.6 |
6.8 |
5.44-8.14 |
65+ |
2473 |
93.9 |
92.7-95.0 |
6.1 |
5.04-7.24 |
Current Asthma Status by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4485 |
95.3 |
94.6-96.1 |
4.7 |
3.95-5.37 |
Female |
6772 |
90.7 |
89.8-91.6 |
9.3 |
8.44-10.2 |
Current Asthma Status by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
705 |
86.4 |
83.3-89.6 |
13.6 |
10.5-16.6 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1430 |
91.8 |
89.9-93.8 |
8.1 |
6.35-9.95 |
$25,000-34,999 |
1000 |
94.3 |
92.5-96.0 |
5.7 |
4.08-7.38 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1461 |
93.2 |
91.7-94.7 |
6.8 |
5.34-8.28 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1649 |
93.9 |
92.5-95.3 |
6.1 |
4.79-7.41 |
$75,000+ |
3389 |
93.5 |
92.5-94.5 |
6.5 |
5.53-7.49 |
Current Asthma Status by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
886 |
91.6 |
89.4-93.7 |
8.4 |
6.30-10.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3076 |
93.5 |
92.4-94.6 |
6.5 |
5.43-7.55 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2627 |
92.0 |
90.7-93.3 |
8.0 |
6.80-9.20 |
College Graduate |
4627 |
93.4 |
92.5-94.3 |
6.6 |
5.73-7.45 |
Current Asthma Status by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
White/Non-Hispanic |
8490 |
93.4 |
92.8-94.0 |
6.6 |
5.99-7.21 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1030 |
90.1 |
88.1-92.1 |
9.9 |
7.85-11.9 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
532 |
94.0 |
91.4-96.6 |
6.0 |
3.50-8.56 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
61 |
87.1 |
77.2-97.0 |
12.9 |
3.00-22.8 |
Hispanic |
994 |
92.4 |
90.5-94.4 |
7.6 |
5.64-9.48 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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