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2017 State-Level Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2018. "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data (2011 to present)." Accessed 2 February 2019. https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/Behavioral-Risk-Factors/Behavioral-Risk-Factor-Surveillance-System-BRFSS-P/dttw-5yxu.

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. Established in 1984 with 15 states, BRFSS now collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories. BRFSS completes more than 400,000 adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world.

Variables

Geography

• State Name
  • The name of the state
• State Abbreviation
  • US Postal Service two-letter state abbreviation
• American Factfinder GEOID
  • Identifier that can be used to join data from the American Factfinder
• Latitude
  • Latitude of the state's centroid from the CDC
• Longitude
  • Longitude of the state's centroid from the CDC

Diet

• Obese %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Weight classification by Body Mass Index (BMI) (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Obese (bmi 30.0 - 99.8)
• Daily Fruit %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Consumed fruit less than one time per day (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: One or more times per day
• Daily Vegetable %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Consumed vegetables less than one time per day (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: One or more times per day

Physical Activity

• Sufficient Sleep %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Prevalence of sufficient sleep among adults aged >= 18 years
  • Note: Not in BRFSS Socrata portal; data for 2016 from Chronic Disease Indicators
• Aerobic 150 %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Participated in 150 minutes or more of Aerobic Physical Activity per week (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes
• Muscle Exercise %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Participated in muscle strengthening exercises two or more times per week (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes
• Aerobic Guidelines %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Participated in enough Aerobic and Muscle Strengthening exercises to meet guidelines (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes

Alcohol and Tobacco

• Smokers %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Adults who are current smokers (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes
• Drink Alcohol %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Adults who have had at least one drink of alcohol within the past 30 days
  • Response: Yes
• Binge Drinker %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Binge drinkers (males having five or more drinks on one occasion, females having four or more drinks on one occasion) (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes

Health Care

• Hypertension %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes
• High Cholesterol %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Adults who have had their blood cholesterol checked and have been told it was high (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes
• Checkup Past 5 Years %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: About how long has it been since you last visited a doctor for a routine checkup?
  • Response: Within the past 5 years
• Healthcare Coverage %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Adults aged 18-64 who have any kind of health care coverage (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Yes
• Cholesterol Checked %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Adults who have had their blood cholesterol checked within the last five years (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions)
  • Response: Checked in past 5 years
• Depression %
  • Unit: Percent of population
  • Question: Ever told you that you have a form of depression?
  • Response: Yes