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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2001
 
Q5.3 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TOLD BY A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT YOUR BLOOD CHOLESTEROL IS HIGH?
DENOMINATOR IS PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR BLOOD CHOLESTEROL CHECKED

  PERCENTS TOTALS
CATEGORIES: YES NO UNK/REF  
AGE GROUP

      18-24		 7.3 92.7 0 168
      25-34 11.3 88.6 0.1 429
      35-44 25.5 74.4 0.1 635
      45-54 33.0 66.3 0.8 678
      55-64 42.6 55.3 2.1 469
      65 + 41.7 57.7 0.7 678
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 29
SEX

      MALE		 30.1 69.0 0.9 1,206
      FEMALE 29.7 69.9 0.4 1,880
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC		 30.8 68.7 0.5 2,710
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC 20.5 79.5 0 184
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. 29.2 64.5 6.3 97
      HISPANIC 28.4 71.6 0 71
      REFUSED *** *** *** 24
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000		 35.3 64.7 0 290
      $15-$24,999 30.5 69.3 0.1 497
      $25-$49,999 31.7 67.8 0.4 931
      $50-$74,999 27.1 72.5 0.4 518
      >=$75,000 26.1 72.2 1.7 478
      UNK/REF 30.3 68.5 1.2 372
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD		 34.2 64.5 1.3 288
      H S GRAD OR GED 33.2 66.5 0.2 1,136
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 29.6 70.1 0.2 761
      COLLEGE GRAD 24.6 74.1 1.4 897
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 4
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED		 32.1 67.1 0.8 1,746
      UNMARRIED 25.6 74.0 0.4 1,332
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED		 26.1 73.1 0.8 1,882
      NOT EMPLOY 30.5 69.5 0 100
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 24.3 75.7 0 313
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 41.8 57.5 0.7 785
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 6

--- ALL ---		 29.9 69.5 0.7 3,086

 NOTES:      Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers.
                   *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

 SOURCE:   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001

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