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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2011
 
CLV05.02 Adults who have had their cholesterol checked and have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that it was high (_RFCHOL)
Denominator is all respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

Categories No Yes Total
% % N
Age Group: 93.4 6.6 133
      18-24
      25-34 85.2 14.8 476
      35-44 71.2 28.8 790
      45-54 60.4 39.6 1,338
      55-64 47.7 52.3 1,738
      65-74 40.3 59.7 1,366
      75 + 45.3 54.7 1,176
      Unk/Ref 73.2 26.8 79
Sex: 59.9 40.1 2,691
      Male
      Female 62.1 37.9 4,405
Race/Ethnicity: 59.8 40.2 5,831
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 68.4 31.6 796
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 62.3 37.7 161
      Hispanic 70.2 29.8 189
      Unk/Ref 72.5 27.5 119
Income Group: 55.9 44.1 736
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 56.0 44.0 1,226
      $25-$49,999 60.2 39.8 1,752
      $50-$74,999 62.6 37.4 942
      >=$75,000 66.6 33.4 1,373
      Unk/Ref 60.6 39.4 1,067
Education Level: 56.7 43.3 597
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 56.4 43.6 2,612
      Some college/Tech school 64.6 35.4 1,763
      College graduate 65.4 34.6 2,101
      Unk/Ref ** ** 23
Marital Status: 59.7 40.3 3,776
      Married
      Unmarried 62.9 37.1 3,282
      Unk/Ref ** ** 38
Employment Status: 67.6 32.4 3,177
      Employed
      Not employed 65.9 34.1 417
      Student/Homemaker 71.9 28.1 596
      Retired/Unable to work 43.7 56.3 2,870
      Unk/Ref ** ** 36
Grand Totals 61.1 38.9 7,096

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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