Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Alternate Titles(s): BRFSS
- Description
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collection of health-related telephone surveys distributed to United States residents aged 18 and older regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. BRFSS collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three US territories about US residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors and events, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. BRFSS also collects data on emerging health issues such as vaccine shortage and influenza-like illness. Interviewers administer the annual BRFSS surveys continuously throughout a single calendar year.
Other data provided with the BRFSS include responses from the annual Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS), Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART), and shapefiles that include BRFSS data that has been mapped for both the states and metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas (MMSAs).
- Publisher
- Timeframe
- 1984 - Present
- Geographic Coverage
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AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasSee all...CaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFederated States of MicronesiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew York (State)North CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUnited StatesUtahVermontVirginiaWashington (State)Washington, D.C.West VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
Access
- Restrictions
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Free to All
- Instructions
- BRFSS data and related documentation can be obtained through the listed access links.
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