National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1-36a

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Table 1.36a
Percent of adults age 18 and over who had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years,^a United States, 1998 and 2003
		2003		1998
Population group		Percent	Standard error	Percent	Standard error
Total		73.2	0.3	67.0	0.3
Age, not age adjusted	18-44	59.0	0.6	53.0	0.5
	45-64	86.7	0.4	80.8	0.5
	65 and over	93.0	0.4	87.3	0.5
Race^b	AI/AN only	68.3	4.8	58.3	3.6
	Asian only	75.5	1.7	69.3	1.9
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	75.2	1.0	67.3	0.9
	White only	72.7	0.4	67.0	0.4
	Multiple races	76.1	2.6	NA	NA
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	68.4	0.8	59.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	73.9	0.4	67.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	75.3	1.0	67.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	73.4	0.4	68.0	0.4
Gender	Female	75.3	0.4	69.7	0.4
Gender	Male	71.0	0.5	64.2	0.5
Health insurance,^c age 18-64	Private	73.4	0.4	67.1	0.4
	Public only	70.3	1.0	61.5	1.2
	Uninsured	51.9	0.8	42.9	0.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	94.8	0.5	89.8	0.6
	Medicare and public	92.6	1.1	86.0	1.5
	Medicare only	88.9	1.1	80.2	1.3
Family income^d	Negative/poor	64.1	0.9	55.3	0.9
	Near poor/low	66.0	0.8	59.5	0.8
	Middle	72.2	0.6	66.4	0.6
	High	79.4	0.5	73.5	0.5
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	66.4	0.9	57.9	0.9
	High school graduate	74.2	0.6	68.6	0.6
	At least some college	83.6	0.4	78.2	0.4
Residence location	Urban	74.3	0.4	68.4	0.4
Residence location	Rural	70.0	0.7	63.3	0.8

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b Estimates for race and ethnicity categories were tabulated using the 1997 standards for data year 1999 and beyond, and are not strictly comparable with estimates for earlier years.

^c A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^d Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

NA - Not applicable.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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