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Hypercholesterolemia Statistics For The U.s.

Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment

Hypercholesterolemia statistics tell us about the number of adults in the United States with levels of total blood cholesterol above 200 mg/dL, the beginning level for high risk hypercholesterolemia.

This information is the latest on hypercholesterolemia statistics from the National Center For Health Statistics, 1999-2004.

Over 105 million adults in the United States have total blood cholesterol levels higher than 200 mg/dL. About one out of every three people are at high risk. Of this group, more than 36 million adults have extremely high risk cholesterol levels over 240 mg/dL.

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