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Cholesterol Awareness
Have you had your blood cholesterol checked within the past five years?
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
11040 |
78.6 |
77.6-79.7 |
2.5 |
2.24-2.86 |
18.8 |
17.8-19.8 |
Cholesterol Awareness by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
512 |
50.4 |
45.7-55.1 |
0.8 |
0.15-1.49 |
48.8 |
44.1-53.4 |
25-34 |
1522 |
64.7 |
61.8-67.6 |
2.4 |
1.64-3.24 |
32.8 |
30.0-35.7 |
35-44 |
2396 |
77.6 |
75.5-79.6 |
3.7 |
2.96-4.48 |
18.7 |
16.8-20.7 |
45-54 |
2328 |
86.3 |
84.5-88.0 |
3.7 |
2.91-4.51 |
10.0 |
8.46-11.6 |
55-64 |
1680 |
90.6 |
88.7-92.6 |
2.2 |
1.43-2.95 |
7.2 |
5.59-8.81 |
65+ |
2420 |
92.2 |
90.7-93.7 |
1.4 |
0.83-1.89 |
6.4 |
5.16-7.74 |
Cholesterol Awareness by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
|
Never
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C.I.
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Male |
4415 |
75.7 |
74.0-77.4 |
2.6 |
2.11-3.09 |
21.7 |
20.1-23.4 |
Female |
6625 |
81.4 |
80.1-82.6 |
2.5 |
2.13-2.87 |
16.1 |
15.0-17.3 |
Cholesterol Awareness by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Never
|
C.I.
|
Less than $15,000 |
694 |
73.5 |
68.8-78.2 |
2.0 |
1.07-3.03 |
24.5 |
19.9-29.1 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1398 |
71.3 |
68.0-74.5 |
1.7 |
0.95-2.51 |
27.0 |
23.8-30.2 |
$25,000-34,999 |
981 |
75.4 |
71.8-79.0 |
1.9 |
1.11-2.63 |
22.8 |
19.3-26.2 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1432 |
77.0 |
74.1-79.8 |
2.9 |
1.99-3.83 |
20.1 |
17.5-22.8 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1627 |
81.8 |
79.4-84.2 |
2.5 |
1.70-3.30 |
15.7 |
13.4-18.0 |
$75,000+ |
3348 |
84.7 |
83.1-86.3 |
3.5 |
2.82-4.16 |
11.8 |
10.4-13.3 |
Cholesterol Awareness by Education
|
Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Never
|
C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
854 |
64.9 |
60.7-69.2 |
0.9 |
0.32-1.46 |
34.2 |
29.9-38.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3006 |
75.0 |
73.0-77.1 |
2.3 |
1.73-2.87 |
22.7 |
20.7-24.6 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2576 |
79.7 |
77.6-81.9 |
2.5 |
1.90-3.16 |
17.7 |
15.7-19.7 |
College Graduate |
4564 |
84.2 |
82.8-85.6 |
3.2 |
2.64-3.74 |
12.6 |
11.4-13.9 |
Cholesterol Awareness by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
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Never
|
C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
|
8332 |
82.6 |
81.5-83.7 |
3.3 |
2.92-3.74 |
14.1 |
13.1-15.1 |
Black or African American/Non-Hispanic |
1012 |
77.9 |
74.7-81.1 |
1.5 |
0.60-2.40 |
20.6 |
17.5-23.6 |
Other Race/Non-Hispanic |
516 |
71.5 |
66.7-76.4 |
1.1 |
0.19-1.99 |
27.4 |
22.7-32.1 |
Multiracial/Non-Hispanic |
61 |
88.9 |
79.2-98.5 |
0.8 |
-.75-2.31 |
10.4 |
0.83-19.9 |
Hispanic |
971 |
64.4 |
60.7-68.1 |
0.7 |
0.25-1.15 |
34.9 |
31.2-38.6 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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