| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017 |
| C05.03 Are you currently taking medicine prescribed by a doctor or other health professional for your blood cholesterol? (CHOLMED1) |
| Denominator is all respondents who were ever told they have high blood cholesterol. Weighting based on _llcpwt. |
| Categories | Yes |
No |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | N | |
| Age Group: | ** | ** | 27 |
| 18-24 | |||
| 25-34 | 24.0 | 76.0 | 113 |
| 35-44 | 35.0 | 65.0 | 262 |
| 45-54 | 50.1 | 49.9 | 661 |
| 55-64 | 66.9 | 33.1 | 1,355 |
| 65-74 | 75.9 | 24.1 | 1,552 |
| 75 + | 79.4 | 20.6 | 1,216 |
| Unk/Ref | 50.4 | 49.6 | 60 |
| Sex: | 62.8 | 37.2 | 2,212 |
| Male | |||
| Female | 58.7 | 41.3 | 3,034 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 61.9 | 38.1 | 4,581 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 60.5 | 39.5 | 321 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 45.7 | 54.3 | 132 |
| Hispanic | 43.1 | 56.9 | 137 |
| Unk/Ref | 62.7 | 37.3 | 75 |
| Income Group: | 65.9 | 34.1 | 508 |
| < $15,000 | |||
| $15-$24,999 | 66.4 | 33.6 | 939 |
| $25-$49,999 | 63.1 | 36.9 | 1,265 |
| $50-$74,999 | 57.3 | 42.7 | 716 |
| >=$75,000 | 54.6 | 45.4 | 1,154 |
| Unk/Ref | 58.2 | 41.8 | 664 |
| Education Level: | 62.6 | 37.4 | 434 |
| < H S Graduate | |||
| H S Graduate/GED | 63.1 | 36.9 | 1,849 |
| Some college/Tech school | 60.1 | 39.9 | 1,275 |
| College graduate | 56.2 | 43.8 | 1,675 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 13 |
| Marital Status: | 60.9 | 39.1 | 2,808 |
| Married | |||
| Unmarried | 60.5 | 39.5 | 2,419 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 19 |
| Employment Status: | 49.1 | 50.9 | 1,813 |
| Employed | |||
| Not employed | 43.4 | 56.6 | 143 |
| Student/Homemaker | 49.0 | 51.0 | 317 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 75.2 | 24.8 | 2,951 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | 22 |
| Grand Totals | 60.7 | 39.3 | 5,246 |
| SOURCE: 2017 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, 2018 |