Primary Care
Believe in Better Health Toolkit
High Blood Cholesterol: Framingham Point Scores
To Estimate Your 10 Year Risk
Note your point score from each of the 5 Charts below (making sure to select from the correct gender) and add up your 5 score numbers to arrive at your POINT TOTAL. Compare your point total to the last chart to arrive at your Framingham Point Score to help discover your risk for heart disease.
1 - Age
MEN |
WOMEN |
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Age |
Points |
Age |
Points |
20 - 34 |
- 9 |
20 - 34 |
- 7 |
35 - 39 |
- 4 |
35 - 39 |
- 3 |
40 - 44 |
0 |
40 - 44 |
0 |
45 - 49 |
3 |
45 - 49 |
3 |
50 - 54 |
6 |
50 - 54 |
6 |
55 - 59 |
8 |
55 - 59 |
8 |
60 - 64 |
10 |
60 - 64 |
10 |
65 - 69 |
11 |
65 - 69 |
12 |
70 - 74 |
12 |
70 - 74 |
14 |
75 - 79 |
13 |
75 - 79 |
16 |
2 - Cholesterol
MEN |
WOMEN |
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Age |
Total Cholesterol |
|||||||||
<160 |
160-199 |
200-239 |
240-279 |
280 |
<160 |
160-199 |
200-239 |
240-279 |
280 |
|
20-39 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
13 |
40-49 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
50-59 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
60-69 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
70-79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 - Smoker/Nonsmoker
MEN |
WOMEN |
|||
Age |
Nonsmoker |
Smoker |
Nonsmoker |
SmokerSmoker |
20-39 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
40-49 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
50-59 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
60-69 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
70-79 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 - HDL Cholesterol Level
HDL |
MEN |
WOMEN |
60 |
-1 |
-1 |
50-59 |
0 |
0 |
40-49 |
1 |
2 |
<40 |
2 |
2 |
5 - Blood Pressure
MEN |
WOMEN |
|||
Systolic BP |
Untreated |
Treated |
Untreated |
Treated |
<120 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
120-129 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
130-139 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
140-159 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
160 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
6 - Find Your10-Year Percentage of Risk for Having a Heart Attack
Point Total |
MEN'S |
Point Total |
WOMEN'S |
|
< 0 |
< 1 % |
< 9 |
< 1 % |
|
1 |
1 % |
9 |
1 % |
|
2 |
1 % |
10 |
1 % |
|
3 |
1 % |
11 |
1 % |
|
4 |
1 % |
12 |
1 % |
|
5 |
2 % |
13 |
2 % |
|
6 |
2 % |
14 |
2 % |
|
7 |
3 % |
15 |
3 % |
|
8 |
4 % |
16 |
4 % |
|
9 |
5 % |
17 |
5 % |
|
10 |
6 % |
18 |
6 % |
|
11 |
8 % |
19 |
8 % |
|
12 |
10 % |
20 |
11 % |
|
13 |
12 % |
21 |
14 % |
|
14 |
16 % |
22 |
17 % |
|
15 |
20 % |
23 |
22 % |
|
16 |
25 % |
24 |
27 % |
|
17 |
30 % |
25 |
30 % |
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