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Total Respond.^ |
Had cholesterol checked in past 5 years | Did not have cholesterol checked in past 5 years | Have never had cholesterol checked | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,647 | 4,134 | 86.8 | 85.3-88.1 | 172 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 | 341 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 2,061 | 1,768 | 83.8 | 81.5-85.8 | 105 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.5 | 188 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.1 |
Female | 2,586 | 2,366 | 89.5 | 87.5-91.2 | 67 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.8 | 153 | 7.8 | 6.3- 9.6 |
Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||
Yes | 4,086 | 3,748 | 90.0 | 88.6-91.3 | 95 | 2.3 | 1.8- 3.0 | 243 | 7.7 | 6.6- 9.0 |
No | 547 | 375 | 67.6 | 62.3-72.5 | 76 | 13.4 | 10.2-17.6 | 96 | 18.9 | 15.0-23.6 |
Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
Underweight | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Recommended Range | 1,272 | 1,099 | 82.6 | 79.2-85.5 | 50 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.3 | 123 | 13.7 | 11.0-17.0 |
Overweight | 1,527 | 1,360 | 88.5 | 86.2-90.5 | 66 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.6 | 101 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.3 |
Obese | 1,391 | 1,285 | 90.1 | 87.6-92.2 | 34 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.4 | 72 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.4 |
Current Smoker | ||||||||||
Yes | 709 | 587 | 81.5 | 77.1-85.2 | 52 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.2 | 70 | 11.2 | 8.2-15.2 |
No | 3,778 | 3,408 | 88.0 | 86.4-89.4 | 114 | 3.1 | 2.4- 3.9 | 256 | 8.9 | 7.7-10.4 |
History of CVD** | ||||||||||
Yes | 536 | 506 | 94.0 | 90.6-96.2 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 4.8 | 2.8- 8.1 |
No | 4,071 | 3,589 | 85.9 | 84.3-87.4 | 165 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.1 | 317 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 |
Binge Drinker | ||||||||||
Yes | 539 | 439 | 79.2 | 74.4-83.3 | 31 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.4 | 69 | 15.3 | 11.7-19.7 |
No | 3,733 | 3,368 | 88.3 | 86.7-89.7 | 124 | 3.4 | 2.7- 4.3 | 241 | 8.3 | 7.0- 9.7 |
Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||
Yes | 226 | 189 | 83.2 | 75.6-88.7 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 13.6 | 8.5-21.2 |
No | 4,031 | 3,608 | 87.4 | 85.8-88.8 | 141 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.5 | 282 | 8.9 | 7.7-10.3 |
COPD | ||||||||||
Yes | 429 | 391 | 88.4 | 83.2-92.1 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 7.5 | 4.8-11.5 |
No | 4,194 | 3,720 | 86.6 | 85.1-88.0 | 160 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.7 | 314 | 9.6 | 8.3-11.0 |
Current Asthma | ||||||||||
Yes | 439 | 402 | 89.6 | 84.6-93.2 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.3 |
No | 4,183 | 3,709 | 86.5 | 85.0-88.0 | 161 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 313 | 9.5 | 8.3-10.9 |
Diabetes | ||||||||||
Yes | 641 | 620 | 95.7 | 92.7-97.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,998 | 3,505 | 85.6 | 83.9-87.0 | 169 | 4.3 | 3.6- 5.2 | 324 | 10.1 | 8.8-11.6 |
Functional Disability | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,445 | 1,306 | 86.3 | 83.3-88.8 | 46 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.4 | 93 | 9.3 | 7.2-11.9 |
No | 3,045 | 2,691 | 87.1 | 85.3-88.7 | 120 | 3.6 | 2.9- 4.5 | 234 | 9.3 | 7.9-10.9 |
Has two or more chronic diseases† | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,500 | 1,411 | 92.2 | 89.8-94.2 | 23 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.0 | 66 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.4 |
No | 3,145 | 2,720 | 84.7 | 82.8-86.3 | 149 | 4.7 | 3.9- 5.8 | 276 | 10.6 | 9.2-12.2 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the Cholesterol Awareness questions.
**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.
†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
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