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United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2008

General Info

Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2008 - December, 2008
Series or system 
United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - CDC
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 system of telephone surveys that collect data about US residents regarding health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. The CDC started the BRFSS in 1984 in 15 states. BRFSS now collects data in all states as well as some territories (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Guam). The questions vary over the years but generally included the following topics: 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. The focus is on actual behaviors, rather than knowledge or attitudes. BRFSS conducts over 400,000 interviews every year.

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, 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, Secondhand smoke, 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.


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