Health Status of Asian Americans: United States, 1992-94 Advance Data 298. This report compares the health status of selected Asian national origin groups (Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean), the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) population, and the non-Hispanic white population. Data were collected by means of the 1992-94 National Health Interview Survey.National estimates of household and individual characteristics, disease incidence and prevalence, general health status measures, and health services utilization are presented from data pooled from basic questionnaire and special topic questionnaires. Data Highlights: A greater age-adjusted percent of Vietnamese (17.2 percent) and Korean (12.8 percent) persons had fair or poor respondent-assessed health status. Age-adjusted data showed a higher percent of Korean adult smokers (22.5 percent) than Chinese or Asian Indian adults (10.0 and 8.7 percent respectively). A higher percent of Vietnamese (21.2 percent) and Asian Indian (18.0 percent) adults reported knowing nothing about AIDS compared with Japanese adults (5.1 percent).
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