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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2013
 
CLV06.01 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: 36.4 1.1 62.5 500
      18-24
      25-34 54.8 4.5 40.7 874
      35-44 73.4 6.7 19.9 1,202
      45-54 84.5 5.7 9.8 1,755
      55-64 90.4 4.0 5.5 2,237
      65-74 95.1 1.6 3.3 1,932
      75 + 94.6 1.8 3.7 1,456
      Unk/Ref 78.1 5.2 16.6 89
Sex: 72.0 4.3 23.7 4,178
      Male
      Female 76.8 3.8 19.4 5,867
Race/Ethnicity: 76.3 4.3 19.5 8,729
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 72.1 2.9 25.1 580
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 64.2 4.5 31.3 276
      Hispanic 58.1 1.8 40.1 310
      Unk/Ref 70.1 4.9 25.0 150
Income Group: 62.8 4.3 32.9 1,038
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 68.1 4.2 27.7 1,709
      $25-$49,999 74.1 4.4 21.5 2,437
      $50-$74,999 81.8 4.6 13.7 1,320
      >=$75,000 84.1 3.2 12.7 2,036
      Unk/Ref 68.7 3.8 27.5 1,505
Education Level: 60.4 2.7 36.9 897
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 74.0 3.9 22.1 3,668
      Some college/Tech school 74.9 4.4 20.6 2,561
      College graduate 83.9 4.7 11.4 2,898
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** 21
Marital Status: 83.9 4.0 12.0 5,289
      Married
      Unmarried 63.5 3.9 32.5 4,688
      Unk/Ref 61.7 11.5 26.7 68
Employment Status: 71.9 4.8 23.3 4,831
      Employed
      Not employed 54.8 7.2 38.0 451
      Student/Homemaker 60.6 2.9 36.5 969
      Retired/Unable to work 92.7 2.1 5.2 3,722
      Unk/Ref 77.9 2.2 19.9 72
Grand Totals 74.5 4.0 21.5 10,045

SOURCE: 2013 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 November 19, 2014

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