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:† | 0.15 |
0.31 |
0.16 |
0.46 |
0.44 |
0.29 |
0.66 |
0.59 |
0.37 |
0.22 |
0.35 |
Male | 0.20 |
0.44 |
0.22 |
0.68 |
0.64 |
0.41 |
0.90 |
0.82 |
0.48 |
0.28 |
0.49 |
Female | 0.22 |
0.44 |
0.24 |
0.62 |
0.61 |
0.42 |
0.94 |
0.91 |
0.56 |
0.33 |
0.47 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 0.19 |
0.41 |
0.19 |
0.50 |
0.59 |
0.37 |
0.78 |
0.77 |
0.50 |
0.26 |
0.39 |
Male | 0.25 |
0.57 |
0.27 |
0.79 |
0.88 |
0.52 |
1.08 |
1.07 |
0.60 |
0.34 |
0.56 |
Female | 0.28 |
0.57 |
0.29 |
0.65 |
0.80 |
0.57 |
1.20 |
1.22 |
0.77 |
0.41 |
0.52 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 0.42 |
0.84 |
0.44 |
1.81 |
1.03 |
0.96 |
1.90 |
2.05 |
1.08 |
0.54 |
1.14 |
Male | 0.69 |
1.28 |
0.69 |
2.50 |
1.66 |
1.28 |
2.67 |
3.22 |
1.54 |
0.74 |
1.21 |
Female | 0.55 |
1.21 |
0.60 |
2.43 |
1.54 |
1.19 |
2.36 |
2.44 |
1.59 |
0.79 |
1.70 |
Other races Non-Hispanic: | 0.65 |
1.51 |
0.60 |
2.10 |
2.14 |
1.02 |
2.72 |
2.14 |
1.11 |
0.68 |
2.44 |
Male | 0.92 |
2.37 |
0.88 |
4.28 |
3.24 |
1.51 |
3.72 |
2.88 |
1.90 |
0.90 |
4.43 |
Female | 0.84 |
1.94 |
0.85 |
1.28 |
2.89 |
1.40 |
4.03 |
3.22 |
1.27 |
0.95 |
2.76 |
Hispanic: | 0.33 |
0.60 |
0.36 |
0.96 |
0.75 |
0.57 |
1.42 |
0.87 |
0.78 |
0.44 |
0.97 |
Male | 0.41 |
0.84 |
0.48 |
1.12 |
0.94 |
0.85 |
2.11 |
0.78 |
1.22 |
0.53 |
1.22 |
Female | 0.49 |
0.88 |
0.52 |
1.60 |
1.20 |
0.74 |
1.73 |
1.51 |
0.97 |
0.71 |
1.49 |
Puerto Rican:ª | 1.56 |
3.23 |
1.25 |
4.82 |
4.11 |
2.42 |
6.62 |
4.59 |
2.67 |
1.79 |
4.03 |
Male | 1.81 |
3.80 |
1.34 |
4.42 |
4.82 |
2.91 |
7.78 |
3.74 |
3.46 |
2.11 |
0.00 |
Female | 2.32 |
5.00 |
1.99 |
9.00 |
6.33 |
3.72 |
10.54 |
7.80 |
4.06 |
2.79 |
6.32 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:ª | 0.38 |
0.60 |
0.45 |
0.87 |
0.74 |
0.69 |
1.43 |
1.05 |
0.98 |
0.52 |
1.43 |
Male | 0.46 |
0.82 |
0.59 |
1.03 |
0.84 |
1.02 |
2.21 |
1.04 |
1.57 |
0.63 |
1.90 |
Female | 0.51 |
0.82 |
0.64 |
1.47 |
1.21 |
0.88 |
1.65 |
1.71 |
1.19 |
0.83 |
1.98 |
Region: |
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Northeast | 0.30 |
0.85 |
0.31 |
1.30 |
1.23 |
0.69 |
1.63 |
1.73 |
0.77 |
0.46 |
0.77 |
Midwest | 0.35 |
0.74 |
0.37 |
1.14 |
1.10 |
0.67 |
1.40 |
1.12 |
0.85 |
0.47 |
0.79 |
South | 0.25 |
0.46 |
0.26 |
0.72 |
0.65 |
0.41 |
1.05 |
0.94 |
0.54 |
0.35 |
0.50 |
West | 0.30 |
0.54 |
0.34 |
0.62 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
1.32 |
1.21 |
0.94 |
0.46 |
0.82 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:§ | |||||||||||
0 - .99 | 0.51 |
0.95 |
0.53 |
1.66 |
1.27 |
0.79 |
1.74 |
1.20 |
1.13 |
0.94 |
1.41 |
1.00 - 2.49 | 0.32 |
0.56 |
0.37 |
0.92 |
0.73 |
0.61 |
1.43 |
1.09 |
0.88 |
0.58 |
0.70 |
2.50 - 4.49 | 0.34 |
0.61 |
0.38 |
0.87 |
0.87 |
0.66 |
1.50 |
1.35 |
0.82 |
0.48 |
0.78 |
4.50 and above | 0.33 |
0.75 |
0.34 |
0.96 |
1.02 |
0.64 |
1.31 |
2.31 |
0.68 |
0.41 |
0.80 |
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- Page last reviewed: April 24, 2009
- Page last updated: April 27, 2009
- Content source: National Center for Environmental Health