QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 20–64 Years Whose Blood Cholesterol Was Checked by a Health Professional in the Past 12 Months, by Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2011 and 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Adults Aged 20–64 Years Whose Blood Cholesterol Was Checked by a Health Professional in the Past 12 Months, by Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2011 and 2016
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  The percentage of adults aged 20-64 years who had a blood cholesterol check by a health professional in the past 12 months increased from 56.0% in 2011 to 61.7% in 2016. From 2011 to 2016, there was an increase in the percentage of adults with a blood cholesterol check among Hispanic (49.0% to 56.7%), non-Hispanic white (56.8% to 62.5%), non-Hispanic black (60.8% to 65.6%), and non-Hispanic Asian (55.8% to 63.0%) persons. In both years, non-Hispanic black adults were more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to have had a blood cholesterol check, and Hispanic adults were the least likely to have had a blood cholesterol check.
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(45):1263.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  45
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:343b2e1a1a03c5e213320a3363f126286a48ef19c68c2e55a5c015cb87f19dbd6f94710583c862bf2138f74f992ce5775489ef09da69656ea175e74f47bd77bb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54292/cdc_54292_DS1.pdf
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