A new report by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that only 13 percent of U.S. adults have high total cholesterol.
Experts believe it’s largely because so many Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs, but dropping smoking rates and other factors also contributed.
The numbers come from interviews and blood tests of nearly than 6,000 U.S. adults in 2009 and 2010.
Learn more about cholesterol and what normal levels should be.
