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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2011
 
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: 33.0 2.2 64.8 341
      18-24
      25-34 51.9 5.3 42.8 761
      35-44 71.4 4.7 23.9 1,005
      45-54 83.1 4.5 12.4 1,528
      55-64 90.3 3.8 5.9 1,844
      65-74 94.5 1.9 3.6 1,422
      75 + 94.5 1.1 4.4 1,238
      Unk/Ref 86.5 6.2 7.3 83
Sex: 69.9 4.1 26.0 3,207
      Male
      Female 75.6 3.4 20.9 5,015
Race/Ethnicity: 75.0 4.1 20.9 6,645
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 68.0 2.0 30.0 942
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 56.8 2.3 40.9 224
      Hispanic 51.7 0.5 47.8 276
      Unk/Ref 75.3 9.8 14.9 135
Income Group: 58.3 3.9 37.8 967
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 67.4 3.8 28.8 1,474
      $25-$49,999 74.2 4.7 21.2 1,998
      $50-$74,999 80.3 3.4 16.3 1,053
      >=$75,000 83.7 2.8 13.5 1,497
      Unk/Ref 65.7 3.8 30.5 1,233
Education Level: 55.5 2.7 41.8 823
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 71.8 4.0 24.2 3,056
      Some college/Tech school 75.2 3.7 21.0 2,033
      College graduate 83.3 4.0 12.7 2,283
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** 27
Marital Status: 81.2 3.6 15.2 4,222
      Married
      Unmarried 63.0 3.9 33.1 3,959
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** 41
Employment Status: 71.7 4.5 23.8 3,771
      Employed
      Not employed 57.7 5.4 36.8 559
      Student/Homemaker 57.0 2.6 40.4 794
      Retired/Unable to work 89.9 2.2 7.9 3,057
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** 41
Grand Totals 72.8 3.8 23.4 8,222

SOURCE: 2011 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 February 10, 2014

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