Reduce the proportion of adults with high total blood
cholesterol levels.
Target: 17 percent.
Baseline: 21 percent of adults aged 20 years and older had total blood
cholesterol levels of 240 mg/dL or greater in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the
year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data
source
: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
