Total serum cholesterol levels of adults 18-74 years. United States, 1971-1974.

Serum cholesterol values of adults 18-74 years of age in the United States, 1971-74, are presented and discussed by age, sex, and race and are also compared with serum cholesterol vaIues of adults of simiIar ages in the United States, 1960-62. In accordance with specifications established by the National Health Survey, the Bureau of the Census, under a contractual agreement, participated in the design and selection of the sample, and carried out the first stage of the field interviewing and certain parts of the statistical processing for the Health Examination Survey.