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Cholesterol Awareness
Have you had your blood cholesterol checked within the past five years and were told it was high?
Denominator includes all respondents except those who reported not having their blood cholesterol checked within the past five years and those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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Total # of Respondents
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No
|
C.I.
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Yes
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
9140 |
65.5 |
64.3-66.6 |
34.5 |
33.4-35.7 |
Told blood cholesterol high by Age
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Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
262 |
85.4 |
80.3-90.4 |
14.6 |
9.74-19.5 |
25-34 |
1033 |
83.5 |
80.8-86.1 |
16.5 |
13.9-19.1 |
35-44 |
1910 |
72.8 |
70.5-75.1 |
27.2 |
24.9-29.5 |
45-54 |
2026 |
63.1 |
60.6-65.7 |
36.9 |
34.3-39.4 |
55-64 |
1537 |
51.6 |
48.7-54.5 |
48.4 |
45.5-51.3 |
65+ |
2217 |
51.8 |
49.4-54.2 |
48.2 |
45.8-50.6 |
Told blood cholesterol high by Sex
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Gender Group
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Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Male |
3565 |
63.5 |
61.6-65.3 |
36.5 |
34.7-38.4 |
Female |
5575 |
67.2 |
65.7-68.7 |
32.8 |
31.4-34.2 |
Told blood cholesterol high by Income
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Income Group
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Total # of Respondents
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No
|
C.I.
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Yes
|
C.I.
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Less than $15,000 |
556 |
59.1 |
53.8-64.4 |
40.9 |
35.6-46.2 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1079 |
62.4 |
59.0-65.9 |
37.5 |
34.1-41.0 |
$25,000-34,999 |
791 |
61.7 |
57.7-65.7 |
38.3 |
34.3-42.3 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1155 |
65.9 |
62.8-69.1 |
34.1 |
30.9-37.2 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1381 |
65.1 |
62.2-68.0 |
34.9 |
32.0-37.8 |
$75,000+ |
2910 |
69.0 |
67.1-71.0 |
31.0 |
29.1-32.9 |
Told blood cholesterol high by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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No
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C.I.
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Yes
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
627 |
61.8 |
57.3-66.4 |
38.2 |
33.7-42.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
2399 |
60.7 |
58.3-63.0 |
39.3 |
37.0-41.7 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2151 |
67.5 |
65.2-69.8 |
32.5 |
30.2-34.8 |
College Graduate |
3936 |
68.0 |
66.3-69.7 |
32.0 |
30.3-33.6 |
Told blood cholesterol high by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
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No
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C.I.
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Yes
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C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
|
7091 |
62.6 |
61.3-63.9 |
37.4 |
36.1-38.7 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
815 |
72.1 |
68.5-75.7 |
27.9 |
24.3-31.4 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
388 |
72.4 |
67.4-77.5 |
27.6 |
22.6-32.6 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
55 |
73.4 |
59.2-87.6 |
26.6 |
12.4-40.8 |
Hispanic |
672 |
71.5 |
67.5-75.5 |
28.5 |
24.6-32.4 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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