2022 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are now available through CDC’s easy-to-use web-based tool. Data topics include health-related behaviors, chronic health conditions, health-care access, and use of preventive services.
Topics include:
Alcohol Use
Arthritis
Asthma
Cancer Screening
Diabetes
Healthy Days
Heart Disease
HIV Testing
Immunizations
Mental and Physical Health
Obesity and Overweight
Oral Health
Physical Activity or Exercise
Tobacco Product Use
The tool allows users to understand important health issues in their states and make state comparisons quickly and easily. It also offers various ways to display survey results from more than 445,000 residents across all 50 states, D.C., and participating U.S. territories.
When: September 26, 2023
Where: The BRFSS Prevalence & Trends Data at
https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence
Background: BRFSS is the largest continuously conducted telephone health survey system in the world. It provides a sound basis for understanding health issues in states, assessing and maintaining public health programs, improving public health, and advancing health equity. The prevalence and trends tool offers fast access to a large portion of the 2022 data set and can be a helpful resource to reporters, students, public-health officials, and decision-makers. The tool is updated every year.
