Asthma
Computed Asthma Status
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total
|
Current
|
C.I.
|
Former
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
11257 |
7.1 |
6.51-7.65 |
3.5 |
3.05-3.91 |
89.4 |
88.7-90.1 |
Computed Asthma Status by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total
|
Current
|
C.I.
|
Former
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
553 |
9.2 |
6.54-11.8 |
8.8 |
5.99-11.6 |
82.0 |
78.3-85.8 |
25-34 |
1556 |
8.4 |
6.85-9.99 |
3.1 |
2.18-4.02 |
88.5 |
86.7-90.3 |
35-44 |
2440 |
5.6 |
4.59-6.55 |
2.3 |
1.72-2.98 |
92.1 |
90.9-93.2 |
45-54 |
2350 |
7.6 |
6.41-8.87 |
3.5 |
2.72-4.36 |
88.8 |
87.4-90.3 |
55-64 |
1693 |
6.8 |
5.44-8.14 |
3.3 |
2.42-4.22 |
89.9 |
88.2-91.6 |
65+ |
2473 |
6.1 |
5.04-7.24 |
2.2 |
1.54-2.88 |
91.6 |
90.4-92.9 |
Computed Asthma Status by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total
|
Current
|
C.I.
|
Former
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4485 |
4.7 |
3.95-5.37 |
3.5 |
2.84-4.26 |
91.8 |
90.8-92.8 |
Female |
6772 |
9.3 |
8.44-10.2 |
3.4 |
2.86-3.96 |
87.3 |
86.3-88.3 |
Computed Asthma Status by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total
|
Current
|
C.I.
|
Former
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
Less than $15,000 |
705 |
13.6 |
10.5-16.6 |
3.8 |
1.23-6.33 |
82.7 |
78.9-86.5 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1430 |
8.1 |
6.35-9.95 |
3.6 |
2.36-4.80 |
88.3 |
86.0-90.5 |
$25,000-34,999 |
1000 |
5.7 |
4.08-7.38 |
2.5 |
1.40-3.64 |
91.8 |
89.7-93.8 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1461 |
6.8 |
5.34-8.28 |
3.8 |
2.54-5.12 |
89.3 |
87.4-91.3 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1649 |
6.1 |
4.79-7.41 |
2.8 |
1.75-3.75 |
91.1 |
89.5-92.8 |
$75,000+ |
3389 |
6.5 |
5.53-7.49 |
3.8 |
3.01-4.53 |
89.7 |
88.5-91.0 |
Computed Asthma Status by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total
|
Current
|
C.I.
|
Former
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
886 |
8.4 |
6.30-10.6 |
2.4 |
1.32-3.52 |
89.1 |
86.8-91.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3076 |
6.5 |
5.43-7.55 |
3.3 |
2.29-4.21 |
90.3 |
88.8-91.7 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2627 |
8.0 |
6.80-9.20 |
4.3 |
3.27-5.27 |
87.7 |
86.2-89.3 |
College Graduate |
4627 |
6.6 |
5.73-7.45 |
3.4 |
2.81-4.03 |
90.0 |
88.9-91.0 |
Computed Asthma Status by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial Ethnic Group
|
Total
|
Current
|
C.I.
|
Former
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
White/Non-Hispanic |
8490 |
6.6 |
5.99-7.21 |
3.6 |
3.10-4.12 |
89.8 |
89.0-90.6 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1030 |
9.9 |
7.85-11.9 |
3.8 |
2.08-5.42 |
86.4 |
83.9-88.9 |
Other Race/Non-Hispanic |
532 |
6.0 |
3.50-8.56 |
1.6 |
0.35-2.89 |
92.3 |
89.5-95.2 |
Multiracial/Non-Hispanic |
61 |
12.9 |
3.00-22.8 |
10.0 |
1.07-18.9 |
77.1 |
64.7-89.5 |
Hispanic |
994 |
7.6 |
5.64-9.48 |
3.5 |
2.16-4.82 |
89.0 |
86.6-91.3 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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