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Table 61 (page 2 of 4). Cholesterol among adults aged 20 and over, by selected characteristics: United States,
selected years 1988–1994 through 2009–2012
Updated data when available, Excel, PDF, more data years, and standard errors: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2014.htm#061.
[Data are based on interviews and laboratory data of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population]
Sex, age, race
and Hispanic origin 1 ,
and percent of poverty level 1988–1994 1999–2002 2003–2006 2009–2012
Percent of population with high cholesterol
20 years and over, age-adjusted 2 (serum total cholesterol greater than or equal to 240 mg/dL) 6
Both sexes 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not Hispanic or Latino:
20.8
19.0
22.0
17.3
16.4
17.8
16.3
15.1
17.1
12.9
11.7
14.0
White only, male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 16.5 15.5 11.6
White only, female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 18.1 18.0 14.7
Black or African American only, male. . . . . 16.9 12.4 10.9 9.0
Black or African American only, female . . . 21.4 17.7 13.3 10.8
Mexican origin male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mexican origin female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18.5
18.7
17.4
13.8
17.6
14.4
13.5
12.8
Percent of poverty level: 5
Below 100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100%–199% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200%–399% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
400% or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.6
20.6
20.8
19.5
18.3
19.1
18.9
14.4
18.1
16.7
15.8
15.9
13.4
13.2
13.2
12.3
20 years and over, crude
Both sexes 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not Hispanic or Latino:
19.6
17.7
21.3
17.3
16.5
18.0
16.4
15.2
17.5
13.4
11.8
14.9
White only, male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0 16.9 15.7 11.8
White only, female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 19.1 18.9 16.5
Black or African American only, male. . . . . 14.7 12.2 10.8 8.8
Black or African American only, female . . . 18.2 16.1 12.5 10.6
Mexican origin male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mexican origin female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15.4
14.3
15.0
10.7
15.7
12.6
13.0
10.9
Percent of poverty level: 5
Below 100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100%–199% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200%–399% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
400% or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17.6
19.8
19.3
19.9
16.4
18.2
18.7
15.5
16.8
16.0
15.8
17.1
12.0
12.9
13.9
13.6
Male
20–44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45–64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45–54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65–74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.5
8.2
19.4
27.2
26.6
28.0
21.9
20.4
14.2
9.8
19.7
22.2
23.6
19.9
13.7
10.2
14.1
9.5
20.5
19.1
20.8
16.0
10.9
9.6
10.0
6.0
15.8
16.2
18.0
14.1
8.1
*5.5
Female
20–44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20–34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35–44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45–64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45–54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55–64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65–74 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.4
7.3
12.3
33.4
26.7
40.9
41.3
38.2
10.4
8.9
12.4
23.0
21.4
25.6
32.3
26.5
11.3
10.3
12.7
23.9
19.7
30.5
24.2
18.6
7.6
5.7
10.4
22.4
18.7
26.6
19.6
16.2
See footnotes at end of table.
204 TrendTables Health, United States, 2014