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United States Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2015

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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
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2015 - 12/2015
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, Analgesics, Anxiety, Anxiety disorders, Appetite loss, Assets, Asthma, Blood glucose, Body mass index, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cataracts, Cholesterol, Chronic kidney diseases, Clinical breast exams, Colonoscopy, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Dietary sodium, Disability, Drug consumption, Education, Emergency care, Employment, Secondhand smoke, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, FFQ, Family composition, Fatigue, Fruits and vegetables, Glaucoma, Glucose tests, Gout, HIV and AIDS, HPV vaccines, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Hours worked, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Immunization, Income, Influenza vaccines, Insulin, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Macular degeneration, Marital status, Medical equipment, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Obesity, Occult blood, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Pap smears, Physical activity, Pneumococcal vaccines, Pregnancy, Preventive interventions, Race, Rehabilitation, Rheumatoid arthritis, Screening mammography, Seat belts, Shingles vaccines, Skin cancers, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Vision loss, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 13, 2022