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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017
 
CLV05.01 Cholesterol check within past five years (_CHOLCH1)
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: 57.2 6.1 36.7 599
      18-24
      25-34 72.3 7.8 19.9 1,117
      35-44 81.1 7.0 11.9 1,362
      45-54 87.7 5.7 6.6 1,984
      55-64 93.6 3.5 2.8 2,930
      65-74 96.7 1.9 1.3 2,944
      75 + 96.9 1.8 1.3 2,269
      Unk/Ref 89.2 5.6 5.2 191
Sex: 80.8 6.5 12.8 5,758
      Male
      Female 85.8 3.9 10.3 7,638
Race/Ethnicity: 83.5 5.1 11.3 11,236
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 88.4 5.4 6.2 899
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 79.0 5.8 15.2 470
      Hispanic 76.9 4.6 18.5 563
      Unk/Ref 80.6 4.6 14.8 228
Income Group: 82.1 5.6 12.3 1,171
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 81.7 5.0 13.3 2,160
      $25-$49,999 81.8 5.7 12.4 3,160
      $50-$74,999 82.4 6.1 11.4 1,925
      >=$75,000 87.0 3.9 9.1 3,360
      Unk/Ref 82.9 5.2 12.0 1,620
Education Level: 76.1 7.0 17.0 1,022
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 82.3 5.3 12.4 4,460
      Some college/Tech school 83.3 5.1 11.6 3,384
      College graduate 89.2 4.0 6.9 4,499
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** 31
Marital Status: 88.1 4.3 7.6 6,999
      Married
      Unmarried 78.1 6.0 15.9 6,314
      Unk/Ref 77.3 6.7 16.0 83
Employment Status: 80.7 6.5 12.8 6,165
      Employed
      Not employed 76.1 8.9 15.0 479
      Student/Homemaker 71.7 4.5 23.8 1,098
      Retired/Unable to work 95.5 1.9 2.6 5,560
      Unk/Ref 83.1 3.8 13.1 94
Grand Totals 83.4 5.1 11.5 13,396

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

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