Table 3:

Estimates of the Prevalence (as Percentages) of Asthma or Asthma Outcomes in Hispanic and Hispanic Populations in the United States

Study	Age Range of Participants	Outcome	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Hispanic (All)	Puerto Rican	Mexican	Dominican	Cuban	Other Hispanic	South American	Central American
Leong et al. (13)	NHIS (2006–2008) all ages	Lifetime asthma	12.2	13.7	9.9	21.8	8
		Current asthma	7.8	9.5	6.3	14.2	4.9
		Asthma attacks	4.2	4.9	3.6	8.4	2.8
	CHIS (2007) all ages	Lifetime asthma	14.8	20.1	11.2	23.5	10.3			18.0*	16.6	9.2
Lara et al. (16)	Ages 2–17 yr, n = 46,511	Lifetime asthma	12.7	15.8	12.4	25.8	10.1	14.9	14.9	11.6
		Asthma attacks	5.8	7.5	5.13	11.8	4.0	5.3	5.9	4.7
Dumanovsky and Matte (17)	Ages ≥ 18 yr, n = 19,400	Asthma attacks	3.3	5.9	6.6	11.8		5.4†		10.4†
								3.8‡		2.2‡
Akinbami et al. (18)	All ages	Current asthma	7.7	11.2	∼6.5	16.1	5.4
Rose et al. (19)	Ages ≥ 18 yr	Lifetime asthma	9.2	9.6		17.0	7.5			7.3
		Current asthma	3.5	3.6		9.2	3.0			2.4
Eldeirawi et al. (21)	Ages 2 mo–16 yr	Lifetime asthma					8.5†
							2.8‡
		Wheezing (last 12 mo)					21.4†
							12.6‡
Cohen et al. (23)	Ages 5–13 yr	Lifetime asthma				35.3§
						41.3||
		Hospitalized for asthma, ever				36.5§
						48.7||

Definition of abbreviations: CHIS = California Health Interview Survey; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey.

^*Two or more Hispanic subgroups.

^†Born in the United States.

^‡Born in home country.

^§Puerto Ricans living in the Bronx, NY.

^||Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico.