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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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High Blood Cholesterol

High blood cholesterol is one of the major independent risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Educating the public and the health care community about the importance of prevention through controlling cholesterol levels is critical to reducing the health and economic burden of heart disease and stroke. Current guidelines recommend that all adults have their blood cholesterol levels checked every 5 years.

  • An estimated 105 million Americans have a total cholesterol level of 200mg/dL or higher, which is considered above optimal levels.
  • Over 80% of those who have high blood cholesterol do not have it under control.
  • A 10% decrease in total cholesterol levels may reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease by an estimated 30%.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Having High Blood Cholesterol, 2001

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Having High Blood Cholesterol, 2001

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

 

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Having High Blood Cholesterol, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2001

State Percent Male Female White Black* Asian/
Pacific
Islander*		 American
Indian/
Alaska
Native*		 Hispanic* Multiracial*
ALABAMA 32.9 34.1 31.7 34.7 27.5 - - - -
ALASKA 28.7 28.2 29.4 29.7 - 41.4 22.4 34.0 25.4
ARIZONA 30.3 30.0 30.7 32.4 31.1 - 22.7 22.2 -
ARKANSAS 29.9 30.0 29.7 30.8 23.4 - - - -
CALIFORNIA 31.7 34.8 28.9 33.3 34.5 31.5 - 26.7 29.7
COLORADO 29.4 33.0 26.2 29.6 - - - 26.8 -
CONNECTICUT 29.8 30.7 29.0 30.6 24.6 23.9 - 24.0 -
DELAWARE 30.5 31.0 30.1 32.2 24.2 - - 18.7 -
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 29.0 28.0 29.9 27.6 32.7 - - 20.0 -
FLORIDA 31.0 30.2 31.7 32.1 32.2 - - 26.4 -
GEORGIA 31.9 32.8 31.1 35.1 26.7 - - 31.4 -
HAWAII 25.1 25.7 24.5 22.3 - 28.4 - 24.2 22.1
IDAHO 30.3 31.1 29.6 30.4 - - - 24.3 30.0
ILLINOIS 29.4 30.0 28.8 31.2 30.4 - - 18.4 -
INDIANA 30.1 30.4 29.8 31.0 20.5 - - 28.4 -
IOWA 30.4 33.4 27.8 30.9 - - - - -
KANSAS 29.2 28.9 29.6 30.3 20.2 - - 21.1 -
KENTUCKY 31.1 31.5 30.9 32.2 16.9 - - 37.4 -
LOUISIANA 27.6 27.7 27.6 29.6 22.6 - - 23.0 -
MAINE 30.3 31.4 29.4 30.5 - - - - -
MARYLAND 31.1 34.1 28.4 33.1 28.2 33.4 - 24.7 -
MASSACHUSETTS 29.7 31.5 28.2 30.6 26.9 21.7 - 22.8 -
MICHIGAN 33.6 36.0 31.5 34.3 30.4 - - 35.7 30.8
MINNESOTA 30.2 31.6 29.0 31.0 16.4 - - - -
MISSISSIPPI 31.0 30.3 31.6 32.9 26.9 - - - -
MISSOURI 31.3 31.5 31.1 32.4 21.6 - - - -
MONTANA 29.0 29.4 28.6 28.8 - - 34.2 42.5 -
NEBRASKA 27.8 29.1 26.6 28.6 24.2 - - 11.7 -
NEVADA 36.5 35.7 37.2 35.9 49.8 - - 30.9 42.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE 31.0 34.6 27.9 31.2 - - - - -
NEW JERSEY 30.2 29.7 30.7 32.2 27.7 20.5 - 24.6 -
NEW MEXICO 24.8 26.8 23.2 27.7 - - 17.8 22.6 -
NEW YORK 30.1 33.1 27.6 31.6 23.6 34.3 - 28.9 -
NORTH CAROLINA 28.9 27.1 30.5 30.4 24.6 - - 21.6 -
NORTH DAKOTA 29.6 28.4 30.7 30.1 - - - - -
OHIO 32.8 35.9 30.1 33.4 25.1 - - 41.2 -
OKLAHOMA 29.6 29.2 30.0 30.8 23.5 - 24.1 25.2 32.3
OREGON 32.1 34.1 30.3 32.7 - - - 30.7 28.8
PENNSYLVANIA 32.5 33.9 31.2 33.8 28.8 - - 12.8 -
RHODE ISLAND 33.1 35.2 31.4 34.8 22.5 - - 20.5 -
SOUTH CAROLINA 27.8 28.4 27.3 28.5 26.2 - - 18.6 -
SOUTH DAKOTA 29.5 28.1 30.8 29.7 - - 30.0 23.7 -
TENNESSEE 33.2 35.6 31.1 35.1 23.5 - - - -
TEXAS 31.8 32.2 31.4 35.2 29.2 34.1 - 24.5 20.8
UTAH 29.0 31.1 26.9 29.4 - - - 31.8 -
VERMONT 29.5 31.3 27.9 29.5 - - - - -
VIRGINIA 30.7 31.7 29.7 31.2 28.9 - - 27.4 35.6
WASHINGTON 29.2 30.8 27.7 29.3 31.9 30.1 - 25.8 24.3
WEST VIRGINIA 37.7 36.6 38.6 37.1 48.4 - - - 38.1
WISCONSIN 29.7 33.1 26.7 29.9 27.8 - - 17.6 -
WYOMING 30.5 31.2 29.9 31.5 - - - 13.7 -
                   
UNITED STATES 30.9 32.2 29.8 32.2 27.4 28.3 30.9 25.9 28.5
                   
* A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

 

  



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