| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2013 |
| C06.02 About how long has it been since you last had your blood cholesterol checked? (CHOLCHK) |
| Denominator is all respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked. Weighting based on _llcpwt. |
| Categories | Within the past year (anytime less than 12 months ago) |
Within the past 2 years (1 year but less than 2 years ago) |
Within the past 5 years (2 years but less than 5 years ago) |
5 or more |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | 64.0 | 21.3 | 11.7 | 3.0 | 188 |
| 18-24 | |||||
| 25-34 | 55.9 | 21.2 | 15.3 | 7.6 | 563 |
| 35-44 | 62.0 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 8.4 | 986 |
| 45-54 | 72.2 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 1,597 |
| 55-64 | 78.8 | 10.4 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 2,125 |
| 65-74 | 88.3 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1,873 |
| 75 + | 89.4 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1,399 |
| Unk/Ref | 76.5 | 14.5 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 78 |
| Sex: | 73.7 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 3,569 |
| Male | |||||
| Female | 72.6 | 13.5 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 5,240 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 72.9 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 7,765 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 77.0 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 491 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 74.4 | 14.2 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 223 |
| Hispanic | 70.8 | 17.0 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 203 |
| Unk/Ref | 67.6 | 10.1 | 15.8 | 6.5 | 127 |
| Income Group: | 73.8 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 837 |
| < $15,000 | |||||
| $15-$24,999 | 72.2 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 5.8 | 1,444 |
| $25-$49,999 | 72.6 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 2,132 |
| $50-$74,999 | 71.7 | 14.5 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 1,218 |
| >=$75,000 | 72.9 | 14.4 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 1,881 |
| Unk/Ref | 76.9 | 11.3 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 1,297 |
| Education Level: | 75.9 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 686 |
| < H S Graduate | |||||
| H S Graduate/GED | 74.8 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 3,184 |
| Some college/Tech school | 72.1 | 13.4 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 2,239 |
| College graduate | 70.6 | 13.7 | 10.4 | 5.3 | 2,682 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | 18 |
| Marital Status: | 74.0 | 13.1 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 4,864 |
| Married | |||||
| Unmarried | 71.9 | 12.7 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 3,887 |
| Unk/Ref | 66.3 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 15.8 | 58 |
| Employment Status: | 67.7 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 4,107 |
| Employed | |||||
| Not employed | 60.2 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 330 |
| Student/Homemaker | 68.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 741 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 87.0 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 3,570 |
| Unk/Ref | 77.2 | 13.8 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 61 |
| Grand Totals | 73.1 | 12.9 | 8.8 | 5.1 | 8,809 |
| SOURCE: 2013 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data |
| NOTE: Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers. |
| ** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent. |
| Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses |
| Table produced November 18, 2014 |