Ever had cholesterol checked? United States Weighted Percent 'Yes' Age: 18-99+ Years Year of Survey: 2007 Residence Area % Yes, n -------------------------------------- Utah 71.8 4,956 Idaho 72.4 5,185 New Mexico 73.6 6,501 Texas 73.9 17,013 Nevada 74.6 4,007 Arkansas 75.0 5,621 Guam 75.0 647 Arizona 75.1 4,650 Alaska 75.6 2,466 Oklahoma 75.8 7,271 Kansas 76.2 8,347 Iowa 76.5 5,320 Mississippi 76.5 7,627 Montana 76.9 5,895 Oregon 77.1 4,827 Wyoming 77.2 6,073 North Dakota 77.5 4,642 California 77.6 5,640 Virgin Islands 77.6 2,494 Indiana 77.6 5,880 South Dakota 77.6 6,725 Washington 77.8 25,398 Louisiana 77.9 6,579 Missouri 78.0 5,163 Nebraska 78.1 10,787 Illinois 78.3 5,185 Colorado 78.4 11,690 Ohio 78.7 11,023 Hawaii 78.7 6,481 Kentucky 79.1 6,776 Puerto Rico 79.2 3,878 Alabama 80.4 7,050 West Virginia 80.7 4,353 Minnesota 80.7 4,740 Pennsylvania 81.0 12,959 Wisconsin 81.1 7,361 Florida 81.5 38,887 North Carolina 81.7 14,482 Vermont 82.2 6,805 New York 82.3 6,409 Michigan 82.3 7,390 Tennessee 82.6 4,974 Rhode Island 82.7 4,423 South Carolina 82.8 10,170 Virginia 82.9 6,118 Georgia 83.5 7,562 Delaware 83.7 3,939 New Jersey 83.9 7,131 Maryland 84.3 8,716 New Hampshire 85.1 5,898 Connecticut 85.4 7,403 Maine 86.3 6,713 Massachusetts 87.4 21,148 District of Columbia 88.1 3,887 -------------------------------------- Total 79.6 423,265 ============================================================================ Unique ID, for keeping track of analyses: 113AGPZS Compiled / run: Jan 12 2014 / Jan 13 2014 (1 second) (VitalWeb Standard) n: Sample size (number of records used in the denominator) Data Scenario: United States State Level Adult BRFSS Unless otherwise noted: Missing, not asked, don't know, and refused are excluded. BLOODCHO______EVER_: Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood. Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked? Row Sorting: Sort Totals, Low to High Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (www.cdc.gov/brfss)