The percentage of adults with AMI in the past year was highest for adults aged 18 to 25 (29.9 percent), followed by adults aged 26 to 49 (22.1 percent), then by adults aged 50 or older (14.3 percent).
Adult women in 2010 were more likely than adult men to have AMI in the past year (23.0 vs. 16.8 percent). Among adult males, the percentage having AMI in 2010 was higher than in 2009 (15.6 percent).
In 2010, the percentage of persons aged 18 or older with past year AMI was 15.8 percent among Asians, 18.3 percent among Hispanics, 18.7 percent among American Indians or Alaska Natives, 19.7 percent among blacks, 20.6 percent among whites, and 25.4 percent among persons reporting two or more races. The estimate of past year AMI among Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders aged 18 or older could not be reported due to low precision.
In 2010, the percentage of adults with past year AMI was higher among unemployed persons (27.8 percent) than among either full-time (16.7 percent) or part-time (22.7 percent) employed persons.
The percentage of adults with AMI who had a past year family income that was less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty level (29.5 percent) was higher than among adults with a family income at 100 to 199 percent of the Federal poverty level (23.3 percent) and higher than among adults with a family income at 200 percent or more of the Federal poverty level (17.0 percent).
In 2010, the percentage of adults with Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) who had AMI in the past year (33.4 percent) was higher than the percentages among adults with private health insurance (16.8 percent), those with no health insurance (24.6 percent), and those with other health insurance (17.9 percent). Having other forms of health insurance is defined as having Medicare, CHAMPUS, TRICARE, CHAMPVA, the VA, military health care, or any other type of health insurance.
The percentage of adults in 2010 with past year AMI was 39.0 percent among those on probation in the past year, which was higher than among those who were not on probation in the past year (19.6 percent). Similarly, among adults on parole or supervised release in the past year, the percentage having AMI was 38.6 percent, which was higher than the percentage having AMI among adults who were not on parole or supervised release in the past year (19.9 percent).