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Self-Reported Cholesterol Screening by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2011 to 2021
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Why Is This Important?
Cholesterol testing is considered a necessary preventive health care measure. High blood cholesterol has been linked to hardening of the arteries, heart disease, as well an increased risk of death from heart attacks.
Definition
Proportion of adults aged 18 and older who have had their blood cholesterol checked by a health professional within the past five years.
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- Data for Whites, Blacks, and Asians do not include Hispanics. Hispanics ethnicity includes all races. This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective HDS-3.
Data Source
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health(http://www.nj.gov/health/chs/njbrfs/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of persons aged 18 and over interviewed for this survey who reported that they have had their blood cholesterol level checked in the past five yearsDenominator:
Total number of persons aged 18 and older interviewed during the same survey period
Data Issues
Data from the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey are intended to be representative of all non-institutionalized adult residents of New Jersey. Due to resource issues, however, adults with limited personal access to phone service or limited command of either English or Spanish are not represented. As with all surveys, also, some error results from nonresponse (e.g., refusal to participate in the survey or to answer specific questions), and faulty measurement (e.g., responses affected by social desirability or recall error). Data collection procedures intended to minimize such errors include the use of strict calling protocols, good questionnaire design, standardization of interviewer behavior, interviewer training, and frequent, on-site interviewer monitoring and supervision. Statistical weighting procedures are also used to minimize the potential impact of disproportionate representation of demographic subgroups defined in terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity, education level, marital status, home ownership, and county of residence. (See also [[a href="query/BRFSSQueryTechNotes.html" Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data Description and Technical Notes]].)Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective HDS-6
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of adults who have had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years to 82.1 percent (age-adjusted) by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/heart-disease-and-stroke
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective HDS-3
NJ Target: Increase blood cholesterol screening to 86.7 percent for the total population, 89.1% for Asians, 88.4% for Blacks, 75.6% for Hispanics, and 89.4% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/heart-disease-stroke.shtml
Health Initiative: EPHT
Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator PV-184
Description: Prevalence among adults of health insurance, dental visits, mammography, cervical cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening, cholesterol screening
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=13&selectedIndicatorId=184