Table 2.

Demographic and health-related characteristics of adults with asthma, National Health Interview Survey 2001 – 2010

	Race/Ethnicity %
	Total	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Puerto Rican	Other Hispanic	Asian	AI/AN
Total, unweighted	20472	13368	3552	785	2055	509	203
Age *
18 – 24	15.0	13.8	19.5	17.8	18.5	15.2	11.3
25 – 44	34.9	33.2	37.8	41.1	43.7	38.6	36.0
45 – 64	34.2	35.4	31.3	30.3	27.3	30.4	47.1
≥ 65	16.0	17.6	11.4	10.8	10.5	15.8	5.6
Gender *
Male	35.3	35.9	31.4	32.2	36.5	42.8	26.9
Female	64.7	64.1	68.6	67.8	63.5	57.2	73.2
Country of Birth *
US-Born	91.9	97.2	95.6	51.6	61.9	33.9	95.2
Non-US-born	8.1	2.8	4.4	48.4	38.1	66.2	4.8
Body Mass Index *
Normal or Underweight	33.0	34.9	24.6	24.4	26.3	50.9	26.9
Overweight	30.7	31.5	26.1	29.4	32.2	30.3	24.0
Obese	36.4	33.6	49.3	46.2	41.5	18.8	49.1
Comorbid Condition *
None	34.8	33.3	35.3	34.5	45.1	48.9	30.2
1 – 2	41.5	42.0	41.2	42.9	38.3	37.6	40.0
≥ 3	23.7	24.7	23.6	22.7	16.6	13.5	29.8
Smoking Status *
Current	23.9	24.9	23.6	22.3	16.6	12.4	36.7
Former	24.2	26.6	16.3	18.2	18.6	16.9	23.2
Never	51.9	48.5	60.1	59.5	64.8	70.7	40.1
Education *
Some High School	17.6	14.5	25.2	36.9	32.1	11.4	21.1
High School Diploma or More	82.4	85.5	74.8	63.1	67.9	88.6	78.9
Federal Poverty Level Ratio *
Poor	17.0	13.6	30.4	33.5	23.4	11.1	25.3
Near Poor	19.9	18.6	24.3	21.3	25.6	15.3	29.6
Not Poor	63.1	67.9	45.3	45.2	51.0	73.7	45.1
Home Ownership *
Own Home	66.1	72.0	45.5	36.2	54.2	63.8	58.3
Rent	28.1	24.4	39.6	41.5	39.3	31.8	34.8
Rent Assistance	5.8	3.6	14.9	22.3	6.5	4.5	6.9
Insurance Coverage *
Yes	14.0	12.1	18.7	14.3	23.5	13.0	29.9
No	86.0	87.9	81.3	85.7	76.5	87.0	70.1
Usual Place of Care
Yes	90.5	91.8	88.5	90.6	82.0	87.0	86.0
No	9.5	8.2	11.5	9.4	18.0	13.0	14.0
Region of Residence *
Northeast	19.8	20.1	16.3	61.9	10.6	15.2	10.3
Midwest	25.4	28.3	23.8	10.6	8.4	11.5	23.2
South	33.1	31.2	50.7	18.7	30.1	18.4	31.8
West	21.7	20.4	9.3	8.9	50.9	54.9	34.7

Note: AI/AN= American Indian/Alaskan Natives;

^*P value < 0.05