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United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2009

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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 
01/2009 - 12/2009
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 2009, 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, Analgesics, Asthma, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Cancers, Cataracts, Cerebrovascular diseases, Childhood sexual violence, Cholesterol, Colonoscopy, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Diet, Digital rectal examinations, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Fruits and vegetables, Glaucoma, HIV and AIDS, HPV vaccines, Health care access, Health status, Height, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Income, Influenza vaccines, Ischemic heart disease, Lifestyle risk factors, Macular degeneration, Marital status, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Musculoskeletal diseases, Occult blood, Osteoarthritis, Pap smears, Physical activity, Physical examinations, Pneumococcal vaccines, Pregnancy, Prostate cancer, Race, Rheumatoid arthritis, Risk factors, Screening mammography, Sexual violence, Shingles vaccines, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Varicella, Vision loss, Weight, FFQ, Secondhand smoke
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021