12-15


12-15.		Increase the proportion of adults who have had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years.

Target: 80 percent.

Baseline: 67 percent of adults aged 18 years and older had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, 1998 (unless noted)	Blood Cholesterol Checked in Past 5 Years
Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, 1998 (unless noted)	Percent
TOTAL	67
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	58
Asian or Pacific Islander	68
Asian	69
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	65
Black or African American	67
White	67

Hispanic or Latino	59
Not Hispanic or Latino	68
Black or African American	67
White	70
Gender
Female	70
Male	64
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than high school	58
High school graduate	69
At least some college	78
Disability status
Persons with activity limitations	72 (1993)
Persons without activity limitations	66 (1993)
Geographic variation
Urban	68
Rural	63

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.