ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Cholesterol Screening by Marital Status and Sex in the United States

Age, y	Married Men, %	Unmarried Men, %	Married Women, %	Unmarried Women, %
20	24	19	39	32
21	25	20	40	33
22	26	21	42	34
23	28	22	43	36
24	29	23	44	37
25	31	25	46	38
26	32	26	47	39
27	34	27	48	40
28	35	29	49	42
29	37	30	51	43
30	38	31	52	44
31	40	33	53	45
32	42	34	54	46
33	43	36	55	48
34	45	37	56	49
35	46	39	58	50
36	48	40	59	51
37	49	42	60	52
38	51	43	61	53
39	52	45	62	54
40	54	46	63	55
41	55	48	64	56
42	57	49	65	57
43	58	51	66	59
44	60	52	67	59
45	61	53	68	60
46	62	55	68	61
47	63	56	69	62
48	65	57	70	63
49	66	59	71	64
50	67	60	72	65
51	68	61	72	66
52	69	62	73	67
53	70	63	74	67
54	71	65	75	68
55	72	66	75	69
56	73	67	76	70
57	74	68	76	70
58	75	69	77	71
59	76	70	78	72
60	77	71	78	72
61	77	72	79	73
62	78	73	79	74
63	79	73	80	74
64	80	74	80	75
65	80	75	81	75
66	81	76	81	76
67	82	76	82	76
68	82	77	82	77
69	83	78	82	77
70	83	78	83	78
71	84	79	83	78
72	84	80	84	79
73	85	80	84	79
74	85	81	84	80
75	86	81	84	80
76	86	82	85	80
77	86	82	85	81
78	87	83	85	81
79	87	83	86	81
80	87	84	86	82
81	88	84	86	82
82	88	84	86	82
83	88	85	87	83
84	89	85	87	83
85	89	85	87	83

Figure. Predicted Probability of Cholesterol Screening By Age Among Married and Unmarried Men and Women, 2003-2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

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The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Cholesterol Screening by Marital Status and Sex in the United States

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Cholesterol Screening by Marital Status and Sex in the United States