2003 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
All ages | Children | Adults | |||||||||
Total | Age <18 | Age 18+ | 0 - 4 | 5 - 14 | 15 - 34 | 15 - 19 | 20 - 24 | 25 - 34 | 35 - 64 | 65 + | |
Total:† | 0.17 |
0.35 |
0.19 |
0.52 |
0.51 |
0.36 |
0.79 |
0.72 |
0.46 |
0.26 |
0.41 |
Male | 0.24 |
0.53 |
0.26 |
0.74 |
0.76 |
0.50 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
0.64 |
0.34 |
0.64 |
Female | 0.24 |
0.49 |
0.27 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
0.52 |
1.10 |
1.04 |
0.65 |
0.40 |
0.53 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 0.21 |
0.45 |
0.22 |
0.55 |
0.69 |
0.46 |
1.00 |
0.97 |
0.61 |
0.31 |
0.47 |
Male | 0.29 |
0.68 |
0.32 |
0.83 |
1.04 |
0.64 |
1.33 |
1.48 |
0.80 |
0.41 |
0.73 |
Female | 0.31 |
0.64 |
0.34 |
0.75 |
0.96 |
0.70 |
1.45 |
1.37 |
0.87 |
0.49 |
0.57 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 0.50 |
1.02 |
0.55 |
2.04 |
1.26 |
1.09 |
2.07 |
2.32 |
1.46 |
0.76 |
1.31 |
Male | 0.81 |
1.39 |
0.86 |
2.61 |
1.73 |
1.56 |
3.06 |
3.75 |
2.05 |
0.97 |
1.49 |
Female | 0.63 |
1.43 |
0.71 |
2.91 |
1.85 |
1.39 |
2.44 |
2.69 |
2.02 |
1.10 |
1.90 |
Other races Non-Hispanic: | 0.88 |
1.73 |
0.92 |
2.37 |
2.42 |
1.40 |
3.29 |
2.64 |
1.44 |
1.26 |
2.80 |
Male | 1.17 |
2.51 |
1.35 |
4.28 |
3.49 |
1.92 |
4.48 |
3.82 |
2.23 |
1.99 |
4.43 |
Female | 1.14 |
2.30 |
1.16 |
2.34 |
3.05 |
1.79 |
4.69 |
3.36 |
1.87 |
1.56 |
3.77 |
Hispanic: | 0.41 |
0.70 |
0.46 |
1.09 |
0.88 |
0.67 |
1.64 |
1.18 |
0.88 |
0.57 |
1.46 |
Male | 0.54 |
1.02 |
0.62 |
1.38 |
1.04 |
1.02 |
2.56 |
1.32 |
1.39 |
0.69 |
2.48 |
Female | 0.59 |
1.01 |
0.68 |
1.66 |
1.43 |
0.88 |
1.77 |
2.00 |
1.11 |
0.92 |
1.82 |
Puerto Rican:ª | 1.82 |
3.60 |
1.65 |
4.82 |
4.14 |
2.82 |
7.40 |
4.79 |
3.02 |
2.65 |
4.38 |
Male | 2.28 |
4.30 |
2.06 |
4.42 |
5.02 |
4.02 |
8.97 |
6.66 |
4.91 |
3.04 |
0.00 |
Female | 2.41 |
5.18 |
2.36 |
9.00 |
6.62 |
3.75 |
10.84 |
7.80 |
3.89 |
3.80 |
6.65 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:ª | 0.46 |
0.74 |
0.58 |
1.20 |
0.95 |
0.79 |
1.68 |
1.45 |
1.05 |
0.67 |
2.18 |
Male | 0.64 |
1.10 |
0.74 |
1.74 |
1.11 |
1.17 |
2.68 |
1.46 |
1.66 |
0.76 |
3.51 |
Female | 0.65 |
0.98 |
0.87 |
1.61 |
1.44 |
1.06 |
1.87 |
2.46 |
1.31 |
1.10 |
2.44 |
Region: |
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Northeast | 0.39 |
0.92 |
0.37 |
1.36 |
1.32 |
0.80 |
2.17 |
2.11 |
0.98 |
0.62 |
1.03 |
Midwest | 0.36 |
0.74 |
0.41 |
1.16 |
1.15 |
0.82 |
1.65 |
1.61 |
0.93 |
0.54 |
0.84 |
South | 0.30 |
0.59 |
0.32 |
0.86 |
0.84 |
0.56 |
1.24 |
1.06 |
0.77 |
0.42 |
0.61 |
West | 0.32 |
0.67 |
0.39 |
0.85 |
0.86 |
0.76 |
1.47 |
1.36 |
1.04 |
0.54 |
0.97 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:§ | |||||||||||
0 - .99 | 0.58 |
1.08 |
0.66 |
1.92 |
1.41 |
1.03 |
2.45 |
1.50 |
1.21 |
1.13 |
1.66 |
1.00 - 2.49 | 0.38 |
0.73 |
0.41 |
1.09 |
0.95 |
0.74 |
1.71 |
1.41 |
1.04 |
0.67 |
0.79 |
2.50 - 4.49 | 0.43 |
0.76 |
0.48 |
0.94 |
1.16 |
0.83 |
1.79 |
1.85 |
1.07 |
0.60 |
0.94 |
4.50 and above | 0.40 |
0.87 |
0.42 |
0.99 |
1.22 |
0.81 |
1.45 |
2.84 |
0.99 |
0.48 |
1.04 |
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- Page last reviewed: April 24, 2009
- Page last updated: April 27, 2009
- Content source: National Center for Environmental Health