2016 New York State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data
The 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) was an RDD phone survey of the health status and health behaviors of adult NYS residents.
New York State Department of Health. 2019. "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Health Indicators by County and Region." Accessed 12 July 2019. https://health.data.ny.gov/Health/Behavioral-Risk-Factor-Surveillance-System-BRFSS-H/jsy7-eb4n/data.
Data are sample based and therefore subject to sampling variability. Data are based on respondents’ answers to a telephone survey, so data is self-reported and therefore potentially subject to response bias, recall bias, social desirability bias, and so on. Indicator estimates are sometimes based on small samples, resulting in low precision of the estimates.
Variables
Geography
- County: County name
- FIPS: County FIPS code
- Latitude: WGS 84 centroid latitude
- Longitude: WGS 84 centroid longitude
Indicators
All indicators have a crude rate, age-adjusted rate, and margins of error for both.
- Arthritis: Percentage of adults with arthritis
- Asthma: Percentage of adults with current asthma
- Binge Drinking: Percentage of adult binge drinking during the past month
- Breast Cancer Screening: Percentage of women aged 50-74 years receiving breast cancer screening based on recent guidelines
- COPD
- Cardiovascular Disease Disability
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cervical Cancer Screening: Percentage of women aged 21-65 years receiving cervical cancer screening based on recent guidelines
- Chronic Disease Self-Management: Percentage of adults who have taken a course or class to learn how to manage their chronic disease or condition
- Colorectal Cancer Screening 50-64
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: Percentage of adults aged 50-75 years receiving colorectal cancer screening based on recent guidelines
- Current Smoking 18-24
- Current Smoking Disability
- Current Smoking Low Income
- Current Smoking Poor Mental Health
- Current Smoking: Percentage of adults who are current smokers
- e-Cigarettes: Percentage of adults who use e-cigarettes
- DWI
- Depressive Disorder
- Diabetes and Prediabetes Testing: Percentage of adults who had a test for high blood sugar or diabetes within the past three years
- Diabetes: Percentage of adults with physician diagnosed diabetes
- Disability
- Fall within Past Year 65+
- Falls Resulting in Injury 65+
- Flu-Shot 65+: Percentage of adults aged 65+ years with flu immunization in the past year
- Flu-Shot
- Food Security: Percentage of adults with food security over the last 12 months
- Health Care Coverage Female 18-64
- Health Care Coverage: Percentage of adults aged 18-64 years with healthcare coverage
- Health Care Provider: Percentage of adults who have a regular health care provider
- High Blood Pressure Taking Medication
- High Blood Pressure: Percentage of adults with physician diagnosed high blood pressure
- Housing Insecurity
- Leisure-Time Physical Activity: Percentage of adults who participated in leisure time physical activity in the past 30 days
- No Fruits or Vegetables: Percentage of adults who report consuming less than one fruit and less than one vegetable daily (no fruits or vegetables)
- No Medical Care Due to Cost
- Obesity Disability
- Obesity Low Income
- Obesity: Percentage of adults who are obese
- Overweight or Obese
- PSA Screening
- Pneumonia Shot 65+
- Poor General Health
- Poor Mental Health: Percentage of adults with poor mental health for 14 or more days in the last month
- Poor Physical Health
- Prediabetes
- Provider Discussed Healthy Pregnancy
- Recent Checkup Female 18-64
- Recent Checkup
- Recent Dental Visit Female 18-44
- Recent Dental Visit
- Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Percentage of adults who consume one or more sugary drinks daily