United States - Alaska Supplemental Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2007

General Info

Provider

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Microdata access: Request

Geography

United States of America (USA)

Alaska

Coverage type

Subnational

Time period covered

January, 2007 - December, 2007

Series or system

United States - Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Data type

Survey: Cross-sectional - Household - Individual - Interview

Summary

This record represents supplemental BRFSS data for Alaska. The BRFSS is organized by the CDC and conducted by individual state health departments.

State-released BRFSS data can include state-added questions and finer geographic detail than the CDC-released dataset. The CDC-released standard dataset includes: (1) Annual Standard Core, (2) Biannual Rotating Core, and (3) Optional Modules. Individual states gather data on topics related to their health priorities with State-Added Questions.

The BRFSS is a system of telephone surveys that collect data about US residents regarding health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. BRFSS collects data in all states as well as some territories. The questions vary but generally include: high blood pressure, alcohol and tobacco consumption, diet, exercise, home safety, seat belt use, health care use, screening for colorectal and breast cancers, and sexual behaviors.

Keywords

Alcohol use, Analgesics, Asthma, Cataracts, Cerebrovascular diseases, Colonoscopy, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diet, Digital rectal examinations, Disability, Education, Emergency preparedness, Employment, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, FFQ, Fruits and vegetables, Glaucoma, HIV and AIDS, Health insurance, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hysterectomy, Income, Influenza vaccines, Intimate partner violence, Ischemic heart disease, Lifestyle risk factors, Lower respiratory infections, Macular degeneration, Marital status, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Musculoskeletal diseases, Occult blood, Pap smears, Pneumococcal vaccines, Pregnancy, Prostate cancer, Race, Risk factors, Screening mammography, Sexual violence, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Vision loss, Weight

Citation

Contributors

Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Publisher

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Publication year

2008

Suggested citation

Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). United States - Alaska Supplemental Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2007. Anchorage, AK, United States of America: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, 2008.