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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2015

 

CLV05.01 Cholesterol check within past five years (_CHOLCHK)

Denominator is all respondents to the question. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

 

Categories

Had cholesterol
checked in
past 5 years

Did not have
cholesterol
checked in
past 5 years

Have never
had cholesterol
checked

Total

%

%

%

N

Age Group:

31.3

2.0

66.7

262

      18-24

      25-34

53.4

5.8

40.8

428

      35-44

74.0

5.6

20.5

607

      45-54

81.4

6.5

12.1

895

      55-64

91.1

3.7

5.2

1,371

      65-74

95.5

1.7

2.8

1,268

      75 +

94.6

1.9

3.5

1,028

      Unk/Ref

92.4

0.8

6.8

59

Sex:

71.9

4.6

23.5

2,523

      Male

      Female

75.0

3.9

21.2

3,395

Race/Ethnicity:

75.5

4.9

19.6

5,134

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

75.1

1.3

23.5

310

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

66.8

2.5

30.7

193

      Hispanic

48.5

0.2

51.3

179

      Unk/Ref

64.9

2.6

32.6

102

Income Group:

59.7

5.9

34.3

502

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

67.0

4.6

28.4

883

      $25-$49,999

73.9

5.1

21.1

1,387

      $50-$74,999

75.4

4.0

20.7

841

      >=$75,000

82.4

2.8

14.8

1,400

      Unk/Ref

72.7

3.7

23.5

905

Education Level:

54.9

2.4

42.8

459

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

72.2

3.9

23.9

1,974

      Some college/Tech school

76.9

5.4

17.8

1,495

      College graduate

81.7

4.4

13.9

1,950

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

40

Marital Status:

82.7

3.7

13.6

3,221

      Married

      Unmarried

63.0

4.9

32.1

2,658

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

39

Employment Status:

72.4

4.7

22.8

2,733

      Employed

      Not employed

45.8

7.3

46.9

199

      Student/Homemaker

56.3

3.3

40.4

521

      Retired/Unable to work

90.5

2.5

7.0

2,403

      Unk/Ref

61.0

12.3

26.7

62

Grand Totals

73.5

4.2

22.3

5,918

 

SOURCE: 2015 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 September 13, 2016

 

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