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United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1988

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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
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1988 - 12/1988
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, Birth control pills, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary fiber, Dietary sodium, Digital rectal examinations, Education, Emergency preparedness, Employment, Ethnicity, Family planning, HIV and AIDS, Height, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Income, Lifestyle risk factors, Marital status, Occult blood, Pap smears, Physical activity, Physical examinations, Pregnancy, Proctoscopy, Race, Risk factors, Screening mammography, Seat belts, Tobacco smoking, Weight, Weight change, Smokeless tobacco use, FFQ, Secondhand smoke
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 13, 2022