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Adults Who Report Ever Being Told by a Doctor That They Have High Cholesterol

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2025

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.386071
Alabama	0.407746
Alaska	0.339553
Arizona	0.386866
Arkansas	0.417385
California	N/A
Colorado	0.331503
Connecticut	0.400243
Delaware	0.442608
District of Columbia	0.350953
Florida	0.404216
Georgia	0.376302
Hawaii	0.363841
Idaho	0.343037
Illinois	0.372898
Indiana	0.397209
Iowa	0.358981
Kansas	0.400708
Kentucky	0.423395
Louisiana	0.399238
Maine	0.411128
Maryland	0.411876
Massachusetts	0.379014
Michigan	0.371794
Minnesota	0.346494
Mississippi	N/A
Missouri	0.392522
Montana	0.316990
Nebraska	0.357384
Nevada	N/A
New Hampshire	0.366241
New Jersey	0.431242
New Mexico	0.354936
New York	0.410634
North Carolina	0.391333
North Dakota	0.342383
Ohio	0.374498
Oklahoma	0.407213
Oregon	0.376339
Pennsylvania	0.383918
Rhode Island	0.366454
South Carolina	0.401835
South Dakota	0.356824
Tennessee	0.398415
Texas	0.364887
Utah	0.320826
Vermont	0.357794
Virginia	0.403054
Washington	0.382040
West Virginia	0.429819
Wisconsin	0.364600
Wyoming	0.368109
Guam	0.358368
Puerto Rico	0.453866
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A

2023

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.374
Alabama	0.423
Alaska	0.342
Arizona	0.387
Arkansas	0.402
California	0.370
Colorado	0.325
Connecticut	0.386
Delaware	0.436
District of Columbia	0.328
Florida	0.393
Georgia	0.369
Hawaii	0.375
Idaho	0.344
Illinois	0.363
Indiana	0.393
Iowa	0.367
Kansas	0.385
Kentucky	N/A
Louisiana	0.395
Maine	0.383
Maryland	0.393
Massachusetts	0.357
Michigan	0.356
Minnesota	0.338
Mississippi	0.398
Missouri	0.385
Montana	0.340
Nebraska	0.340
Nevada	0.393
New Hampshire	0.358
New Jersey	0.391
New Mexico	0.354
New York	0.385
North Carolina	0.363
North Dakota	0.351
Ohio	0.374
Oklahoma	0.392
Oregon	0.342
Pennsylvania	N/A
Rhode Island	0.350
South Carolina	0.393
South Dakota	0.355
Tennessee	0.406
Texas	0.363
Utah	0.312
Vermont	0.330
Virginia	0.393
Washington	0.362
West Virginia	0.450
Wisconsin	0.353
Wyoming	0.338
Guam	0.415
Puerto Rico	0.432
U.S. Virgin Islands	0.390

2021

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.386
Alabama	0.438
Alaska	0.356
Arizona	0.379
Arkansas	0.434
California	0.363
Colorado	0.350
Connecticut	0.384
Delaware	0.412
District of Columbia	0.358
Florida	N/A
Georgia	0.414
Hawaii	0.371
Idaho	0.362
Illinois	0.345
Indiana	0.392
Iowa	0.385
Kansas	0.422
Kentucky	0.398
Louisiana	0.418
Maine	0.395
Maryland	0.419
Massachusetts	0.387
Michigan	0.395
Minnesota	0.350
Mississippi	0.411
Missouri	0.388
Montana	0.341
Nebraska	0.381
Nevada	0.402
New Hampshire	0.384
New Jersey	0.395
New Mexico	0.376
New York	0.388
North Carolina	0.389
North Dakota	0.370
Ohio	0.382
Oklahoma	0.412
Oregon	0.343
Pennsylvania	0.366
Rhode Island	0.383
South Carolina	0.427
South Dakota	0.403
Tennessee	0.400
Texas	0.396
Utah	0.360
Vermont	0.350
Virginia	0.425
Washington	0.373
West Virginia	0.428
Wisconsin	0.378
Wyoming	0.342
Guam	0.377
Puerto Rico	0.442
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A

2019

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.347033
Alabama	0.395838
Alaska	0.311911
Arizona	0.357479
Arkansas	0.411734
California	0.314289
Colorado	0.315593
Connecticut	0.372289
Delaware	0.366675
District of Columbia	0.315334
Florida	0.351237
Georgia	0.346527
Hawaii	0.32615
Idaho	0.324132
Illinois	0.333051
Indiana	0.35699
Iowa	0.336319
Kansas	0.363137
Kentucky	0.387331
Louisiana	0.388268
Maine	0.367095
Maryland	0.386817
Massachusetts	0.326556
Michigan	0.361538
Minnesota	0.308624
Mississippi	0.391176
Missouri	0.35543
Montana	0.322243
Nebraska	0.333758
Nevada	0.333269
New Hampshire	0.356906
New Jersey	N/A
New Mexico	0.332122
New York	0.341581
North Carolina	0.353048
North Dakota	0.31005
Ohio	0.343937
Oklahoma	0.380569
Oregon	0.317504
Pennsylvania	0.341703
Rhode Island	0.360041
South Carolina	0.392079
South Dakota	0.312745
Tennessee	0.375475
Texas	0.354683
Utah	0.295187
Vermont	0.321618
Virginia	0.351894
Washington	0.346044
West Virginia	0.404232
Wisconsin	0.359768
Wyoming	0.292951
Guam	0.336317
Puerto Rico	0.373839
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A

2017

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.334
Alabama	0.372
Alaska	0.312
Arizona	0.334
Arkansas	0.368
California	0.308
Colorado	0.303
Connecticut	0.322
Delaware	0.346
District of Columbia	0.275
Florida	0.359
Georgia	0.311
Hawaii	0.318
Idaho	0.308
Illinois	0.325
Indiana	0.341
Iowa	0.341
Kansas	0.341
Kentucky	0.381
Louisiana	0.376
Maine	0.374
Maryland	0.325
Massachusetts	0.324
Michigan	0.351
Minnesota	0.290
Mississippi	0.377
Missouri	0.343
Montana	0.288
Nebraska	0.319
Nevada	0.331
New Hampshire	0.328
New Jersey	0.346
New Mexico	0.314
New York	0.326
North Carolina	0.355
North Dakota	0.311
Ohio	0.334
Oklahoma	0.370
Oregon	0.321
Pennsylvania	0.330
Rhode Island	0.330
South Carolina	0.367
South Dakota	0.295
Tennessee	0.365
Texas	0.330
Utah	0.286
Vermont	0.304
Virginia	0.347
Washington	0.318
West Virginia	0.397
Wisconsin	0.345
Wyoming	0.308
Guam	0.294
Puerto Rico	0.366
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A

2015

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.364
Alabama	0.420
Alaska	0.339
Arizona	0.373
Arkansas	0.413
California	0.342
Colorado	0.315
Connecticut	0.374
Delaware	0.391
District of Columbia	0.313
Florida	0.380
Georgia	0.363
Hawaii	0.363
Idaho	0.376
Illinois	0.360
Indiana	0.391
Iowa	0.361
Kansas	0.374
Kentucky	0.407
Louisiana	0.392
Maine	0.385
Maryland	0.359
Massachusetts	0.345
Michigan	0.382
Minnesota	0.323
Mississippi	0.387
Missouri	0.371
Montana	0.331
Nebraska	0.351
Nevada	0.367
New Hampshire	0.357
New Jersey	0.354
New Mexico	0.343
New York	0.366
North Carolina	0.370
North Dakota	0.350
Ohio	0.367
Oklahoma	0.380
Oregon	0.368
Pennsylvania	0.362
Rhode Island	0.352
South Carolina	0.389
South Dakota	0.333
Tennessee	0.400
Texas	0.361
Utah	0.322
Vermont	0.340
Virginia	0.356
Washington	0.362
West Virginia	0.390
Wisconsin	0.361
Wyoming	0.350
Guam	0.381
Puerto Rico	0.415
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A

2013

Location	Share of Adults Ever Told That They Have High Cholesterol
United States	0.386
Alabama	0.444
Alaska	0.386
Arizona	0.397
Arkansas	0.424
California	0.377
Colorado	0.348
Connecticut	0.378
Delaware	0.406
District of Columbia	0.34
Florida	0.403
Georgia	0.381
Hawaii	0.349
Idaho	0.384
Illinois	0.366
Indiana	0.398
Iowa	0.411
Kansas	0.381
Kentucky	0.432
Louisiana	0.407
Maine	0.397
Maryland	0.37
Massachusetts	0.365
Michigan	0.406
Minnesota	0.336
Mississippi	0.419
Missouri	0.388
Montana	0.357
Nebraska	0.374
Nevada	0.386
New Hampshire	0.367
New Jersey	0.392
New Mexico	0.368
New York	0.391
North Carolina	0.41
North Dakota	0.364
Ohio	0.375
Oklahoma	0.412
Oregon	0.37
Pennsylvania	0.385
Rhode Island	0.387
South Carolina	0.426
South Dakota	0.366
Tennessee	0.387
Texas	0.377
Utah	0.334
Vermont	0.352
Virginia	0.386
Washington	0.367
West Virginia	0.429
Wisconsin	0.362
Wyoming	0.35
Guam	0.38
Puerto Rico	0.385
U.S. Virgin Islands	N/A

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