12-14.
Reduce the proportion of adults with high total blood cholesterol levels.
| | |
12-14. | |
Reduce the proportion of adults with high total blood cholesterol levels. |
Target: 17 percent.
Baseline: 21 percent of adults aged 20 years and older had total blood cholesterol levels of 240 mg/dL or greater 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) |
Total
Blood |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
21 |
|
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 |
19 |
|
White |
21 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DNC |
|
Mexican American |
18 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DNA |
|
Black or African American |
19 |
|
White |
21 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
22 |
|
Male |
19 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
22 |
|
High school graduate |
22 |
|
At least some college |
19 |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with disabilities |
24 (1991–94) |
|
Persons without disabilities |
19 (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.