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M11.1 TO LOWER YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE OR STROKE, ARE YOU EATING FEWER HIGH FAT OR HIGH CHOLESTEROL FOODS?

 PERCENTS 
CATEGORIESYESNOUNK/REFTOTAL
AGE GROUP

      18-24
42.355.02.6450
      25-3451.545.53.0953
      35-4458.239.32.51,183
      45-5469.129.21.71,122
      55-6473.423.33.3772
      65-7466.530.62.8561
      75 +60.037.03.0512
      UNK/REF*********45
SEX

      MALE
54.442.73.02,201
      FEMALE64.633.12.33,397
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
60.037.52.54,894
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC60.036.33.7265
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP.56.841.81.5196
      HISPANIC61.235.33.4181
      REFUSED34.557.18.462
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
48.946.84.4536
      $15-$24,99955.739.94.4888
      $25-$49,99958.539.32.21,685
      $50-$74,99965.034.20.8928
      >=$75,00067.730.71.6850
      UNK/REF57.638.43.9711
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
47.947.24.9625
      H S GRAD OR GED55.641.43.02,064
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH61.037.11.91,404
      COLLEGE GRAD69.528.81.71,496
      UNK/REF*********9
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
63.434.22.53,120
      UNMARRIED54.243.22.62,466
      UNK/REF*********12
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
59.637.92.43,433
      NOT EMPLOYED49.448.02.6240
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER59.039.51.4676
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK62.933.14.01,238
      UNK/REF*********11

--- ALL ---
59.737.72.65,598

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, 2002

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