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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2015

 

C05.02 About how long has it been since you last had your blood cholesterol checked? (CHOLCHK)

Denominator is all respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

 

Categories

Within the
past year
(anytime less
than 12 months
ago)

Within the
past 2 years
(1 year but
less than
2 years ago)

Within the
past 5 years
(2 years but
less than
5 years ago)

 

 

5 or more
years ago


Total

%

%

%

%

N

Age Group:

58.1

19.4

16.5

6.1

93

      18-24

      25-34

56.0

23.1

11.1

9.8

277

      35-44

61.4

16.7

14.9

7.0

506

      45-54

70.1

14.2

8.3

7.3

808

      55-64

76.6

12.4

7.0

3.9

1,303

      65-74

84.8

8.1

5.3

1.8

1,236

      75 +

85.9

8.2

3.9

2.0

997

      Unk/Ref

82.8

7.0

9.3

0.8

55

Sex:

70.2

14.2

9.6

6.0

2,211

      Male

      Female

72.5

14.0

8.6

4.9

3,064

Race/Ethnicity:

71.0

13.6

9.3

6.1

4,653

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

79.2

11.1

7.9

1.7

262

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

72.6

13.8

10.0

3.6

158

      Hispanic

60.5

32.1

7.1

0.3

115

      Unk/Ref

75.8

14.9

5.4

3.8

87

Income Group:

68.5

11.7

10.8

9.0

404

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

72.5

13.6

7.5

6.4

760

      $25-$49,999

70.6

15.5

7.4

6.4

1,236

      $50-$74,999

70.4

13.4

11.2

5.0

766

      >=$75,000

70.8

15.8

10.2

3.3

1,300

      Unk/Ref

75.5

11.3

8.3

4.9

809

Education Level:

74.3

15.8

5.8

4.2

350

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

71.4

13.3

10.2

5.1

1,727

      Some college/Tech school

69.8

14.3

9.3

6.5

1,348

      College graduate

71.6

14.5

8.8

5.1

1,815

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

35

Marital Status:

72.9

13.9

9.0

4.2

2,998

      Married

      Unmarried

69.3

14.5

9.0

7.2

2,242

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

35

Employment Status:

67.0

16.2

10.7

6.1

2,368

      Employed

      Not employed

52.8

20.7

12.8

13.7

143

      Student/Homemaker

68.8

14.8

10.9

5.5

410

      Retired/Unable to work

82.2

9.7

5.4

2.7

2,305

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

49

Grand Totals

71.4

14.1

9.1

5.4

5,275

 

SOURCE: 2015 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 8, 2016

 

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