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United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2008

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General Info
Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Geography 
United States of America (USA)
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2008
Series or system 
United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state conducted telephone survey. BRFSS began in 1984 and gathers information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. BRFSS is conducted in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.

In 2008, 50 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands conducted the BRFSS; a list of data available by state and year is available on the BRFSS site.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Anemia, Anxiety disorders, Aplastic and other non-nutritional anemias, Asthma, Body mass index, COPD, Cancers, Cataracts, Cerebrovascular diseases, Chemotherapy, Children, Chronic kidney diseases, Clinical breast exams, Colonoscopy, Congenital anomalies, Dental examinations, Diabetes, Digital rectal examinations, Disability, Edentulism, Education, Emergency preparedness, Employment, Environmental tobacco smoke, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Falls, Genital prolapse, Glaucoma, HIV and AIDS, HPV, HPV vaccines, Health care access, Health status, Height, Hysterectomy, Income, Influenza vaccines, Injuries, Interstitial lung diseases, Ischemic heart disease, Lifestyle risk factors, Macular degeneration, Marital status, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Occult blood, Pap smears, Physical activity, Pneumococcal vaccines, Pregnancy, Preterm birth complications, Prostate cancer, Race, Risk factors, Screening mammography, Seat belts, Sickle cell disorders, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Thalassemias, Tobacco smoking, Urinary diseases, Urinary tract infections, Urolithiasis, Vision loss, Weight
Citation
Contributors 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Publisher 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Suggested citation 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2008. Atlanta, Georgia: CDC, US Department of Health and Human Services.

GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021