Adults Who Have Ever Been Told by a Doctor that They Have High Cholesterol
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2023
Location Have Been 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 Have Been 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 Have Been 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 Have Been 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 Have Been 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 Have Been 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
Notes
Data represent adults who have had their cholesterol checked in the past five years and have been told by a doctor or other health professional that it was high. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html .
Data are unavailable for 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Sources
KFF analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Definitions
N/A : Data not available. US Virgin Islands is only included in BRFSS in 2023. Due to limited data, New Jersey was not included in the 2019 BRFSS aggregated data set. Florida was unable to collect BRFSS data over enough months to meet the minimum requirements for inclusion in 2021, and Kentucky and Pennsylvania did not meet minimum requirements for inclusion in 2023.