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Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System
The Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
is a system of telephone surveys sponsored by the Centers
for Disease Control to monitor lifestyles and behaviors related
to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. In recent years,
health professionals and the public have become increasingly aware
of the role of such lifestyle factors as cigarette smoking, overweight,
sedentary lifestyle, and the nonuse of seat belts in contributing
to injury, illness and death.
In 1981,
the Centers for Disease Control began using the Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System as a method of estimating the prevalence
of high risk behaviors and lifestyle factors that contribute
to death and disease. Colorado participated in this project
with point in time surveys in 1982 and 1987. The Survey Research
Unit of the Health Statistics Section of the Colorado Department
of Public Heath and Environment began collecting data on a monthly
basis in January 1990. The Survey Research Unit now completes
over 1,000 BRFSS surveys a months with adult residents of Colorado.
Link to
CDC's Online Prevalence
Data and compare Colorado 1995-2007 to other States
BRFSS coordinators
and web sites in other states can be found at the national Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention:
Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment
Health Statistics
CHEIS-HS-A1
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
FAX:
(303)691-7821
Tel. #: (303)692-2160
E-mail: health.statistics@state.co.us
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Publications
 BRFSS
searchable
database on CoHID
 Health
Watch No 71
The Association Between Physical Activity, Mental Health and Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study 
Health Watch No. 67:
Prevalence of severe psychological distress and its
association with behavioral risk factors, quality of life
indicators, and health outcomes: Colorado Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007 
Health Watch No. 65:
Weight Control Strategies and the Impact of Health Care Provider Advice on Weight Loss Attempts Among Colorado Adults2007
Health Watch No. 62:
Factors
Associated with Self-Reported Health Status Among
Colorado Adults, 2005
Health
Watch No. 53:
Sociodemographics, General Health Status,
and Access to Care Among Colorado Adults with Disability
Health
Watch No. 48:
Adult Obesity in Colorado: Results from
the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Health
Watch No. 47:
Prevalence and Effects of Arthritis in
Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, 2001
Health
Watch No. 46:
Health and Injury-Related Behaviors in
Colorado Rural Resort counties: Results from the Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1997-1998
Health
Watch No. 45:
Prevalence, Health Behaviors, and Preventive Health Practices
Among Adult Coloradans with Diagnosed Diabetes: Results from
the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1997-2000
Health
Watch No. 44:
Health Risk Behaviors, Preventive Care Practices, and Mortality
in North Denver, Colorado: Results from the Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System and Vital Statistics Data, 2000-2001
Health
Watch No. 42:
Prevalence and Characteristics of Injury in Urban and Rural
Colorado, 1999 and 2000
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