12-13.
Reduce the mean total blood cholesterol levels among adults.
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12-13. | |
Reduce the mean total blood cholesterol levels among adults. |
Target: 199 mg/dL (mean).
Baseline: 206 mg/dL was the mean total blood cholesterol level for adults aged 20 years and older in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
|
Adults Aged 20 Years and Older, 1988–94 (unless noted) |
Mean Cholesterol Level |
|
mg/dL |
|
|
TOTAL |
206 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
204 |
|
White |
206 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Mexican American |
205 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
206 |
|
Black or African American |
204 |
|
White |
206 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
207 |
|
Male |
204 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
205 |
|
Near poor |
204 |
|
Middle/high income |
206 |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with disabilities |
208 (1991–94) |
|
Persons without disabilities |
204 (1991–94) |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.