Table 26c: Income - Adults who have had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years, by family income, United States, 1998^a

	Total		<100% of poverty level		100-199% of poverty level		200-399% of poverty level		≥ 400% of poverty level
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	67	0.3	56.2	1	59.5	0.9	67	0.6	74.6	0.6
Age (not age adjusted)
18-44	53	0.5	38.6	1.3	43.3	1.2	54.1	0.9	65	0.9
45-64	80.8	0.5	67.1	1.9	70.7	1.7	77.9	1	87.2	0.7
65 and over	87.3	0.5	82.2	1.6	85	1	89.3	0.9	92	1.1
Race
Single race
American Indian or Alaska Native	58.3	3.5	56.7	7.1	62.4	5.9	*	*	*	*
Asian	69.3	1.9	62.5	5.1	46.4	6	71.9	4	73.4	3.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Black or African American	67.3	0.9	59.8	1.9	61.3	1.8	71.2	1.7	75	1.6
White	67	0.4	54.5	1.2	59.4	1	66.3	0.6	74.7	0.6
More than one race	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethnicity
Hispanic	59.1	0.9	48.3	1.9	56.7	1.7	65.4	1.9	73.4	2.2
Non-Hispanic	67.9	0.4	58.5	1.1	59.9	1	67	0.6	74.7	0.6
Black or African American only	67.1	0.9	59.6	2	60.9	1.9	71	1.7	75	1.6
White only	68	0.4	57.3	1.4	60	1.2	66.4	0.6	74.7	0.6
Gender
Female	69.7	0.4	60.7	1.2	62.8	1.1	70	0.8	77	0.8
Male	64.2	0.5	48.9	1.7	55.5	1.4	63.9	0.9	72.5	0.8
Health insurance
Persons under age 65	66.6	0.4	57.8	1.4	60	1.2	64.7	0.7	72.1	0.7
Private	67.1	0.4	58.1	2.2	59.2	1.4	64.7	0.7	72.1	0.7
Public	61.5	1.2	57.9	1.8	63.3	2.4	66.7	3.4	70.8	4.2
Uninsured	42.9	0.9	40.2	1.8	42.6	1.9	45	2	52.3	2.7
Persons age 65 and over	87.3	0.5	82.2	1.6	85	1	89.3	0.9	92	1.1
Medicare and any private	89.8	0.5	83	2.9	87.9	1.2	90.1	1	93.3	1.1
Medicare and any public	86	1.5	87.5	2.1	86.1	3.3	84.8	5.4	*	*
Medicare only	80.2	1.3	78	3.3	78.7	2.3	86.6	2.3	86.2	3.6
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	57.9	0.9	53.4	1.6	55.1	1.7	64	1.8	67.9	2.7
High school graduate	68.6	0.6	63.4	1.9	66.4	1.4	68.2	1	74.1	1.1
At least some college	78.2	0.4	69.8	2	67.6	1.5	75.5	0.7	82.4	0.5
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	68.4	0.4	57.5	1.2	60.9	0.9	68.2	0.7	75.9	0.7
Rural (Non-MSA)	63.3	0.7	52.1	2	56.4	1.8	63.7	1.1	70.5	1.2

^aMeasure is age adjusted.

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

Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

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

Race categories represent "primary" race (persons reported only one race or more than one race and identified one race as best representing their race). Therefore, these categories differ from those used in the NHIS for 1999 and 2000.

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