Table 1:

Demographic characteristics of vestibular vertigo in US children 3–17, 2012 Child Balance Supplement to the NHIS

	All 3–17 year olds	Vertigo
Sample Size	n = 10,823	n = 171
Population weighted	61.7 Million	951k
	%	%a	95% CI	Chi2 p value
Overall Prevalence		1.56	1.29 – 1.88
Age
3 to 5	20.0	0.29	0.11 – 0.75	< 0.0001
6 to 11	39.7	0.93	0.65 – 1.34
12 to 17	40.2	2.82	2.27 – 3.48
Sex
Male	51.1	1.57	1.20 – 2.06	0.9229
Female	48.9	1.55	1.18 – 2.02
Race/Ethnicity
White	74.6	1.75	1.41 – 2.16	0.009
Black	14.2	0.85	0.49 – 1.50
American Indian	1.4	4.09	1.52 – 10.51
Asian	4.7	0.13	0.0002 – 0.92
Mixed race	4.9	1.48	0.59 – 3.62
Hispanic	23.7	1.88	1.32 – 2.67
Family Income
$0 – $35k	32.3	1.9	1.38 – 2.62	0.0992
$35k – $75k	29.8	1.76	1.31 – 2.36
$75k – $100k	13.3	1.07	0.58 – 1.96
$100k+	24.6	1.11	0.72 – 1.72
Frequent or severe headaches	6.0	35.01b	26.59 – 44.50	< 0.0001
Three or more ear infections	4.4	9.86b	5.40 – 17.33	0.0053

NHIS - National Health Interview Survey

^aPercentages reported are the prevalence of vertigo in each respective group

^bPercentages reported are the prevalence of the symptom in children with vertigo