Dataset showing responses to questions about overall health, health care access/coverage, chronic conditions and behavioral health. 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.
This dataset has the following 21 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | 2011 2012 view top 100 |
| State | locationabbr | text | MN view top 100 |
| County | locationdesc | text | MN - Ramsey County MN - Hennepin County MN - Dakota County MN - Anoka County MN - Washington County view top 100 |
| Class | class | text | Chronic Health Indicators Health Status Alcohol Consumption Tobacco Use Physical Activity view top 100 |
| Topic | topic | text | Cardiovascular Disease Overall Health Asthma Disability status BMI Categories view top 100 |
| Question | question | text | How is your general health? Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes? Four Level Smoking Status (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions) Weight classification by Body Mass Index (BMI) (variable calculated from one or more BRFSS questions) Ever told you have vision impairment? view top 100 |
| Response | response | text | No Yes Fair or Poor Health Normal Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) Smoke some days view top 100 |
| Sample_Size | sample_size | number | 39 100 56 27 12 view top 100 |
| Data_value | data_value | number | 88.33 18.98 8.84 28.69 17.49 view top 100 |
| Confidence_limit_Low | confidence_limit_low | number | 0 91.79 74.76 0.72 4.66 view top 100 |
| Confidence_limit_High | confidence_limit_high | number | 0 22.98 8.21 25.24 22.61 view top 100 |
| Display_order | display_order | number | 68 70 33 55 19 view top 100 |
| Data_value_unit | data_value_unit | text | % view top 100 |
| Data_value_type | data_value_type | text | Crude Prevalence view top 100 |
| Data_Value_Footnote | data_value_footnote | text | Prevalence estimate not available if the unweighted sample size for the denominator was < 50 or the Relative Standard Error (RSE) is > 0.3 or if the state did not collect data for that calendar year. view top 100 |
| DataSource | datasource | text | BRFSS view top 100 |
| ClassId | classid | text | CLASS03 CLASS08 CLASS17 CLASS01 CLASS15 view top 100 |
| TopicId | topicid | text | Topic10 Topic41 Topic09 Topic18 Topic19 view top 100 |
| QuestionID | questionid | text | GENHLTH DIABETE3 _SMOKER3 _BMI5CAT CVDINFR4 view top 100 |
| RESPID | respid | text | RESP054 RESP046 RESP056 RESP058 RESP070 view top 100 |
| GeoLocation | geolocation | location | view top 100 |