The 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data set is now publicly available. The BRFSS provides flexible, timely, and ongoing data collection that allows for state-to-state and state-to-nation comparisons, as well as the basis for small area estimates such as PLACES. State-specific data—including racial- and ethnic-specific data from the BRFSS—provide a sound basis for developing and maintaining public health programs, including programs designed to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and to address health risks and social determinants of health.
In the 2021 calendar year, BRFSS was active in 50 states (with 49 states reporting), plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. Reaching participants on both landline and cellular telephones, the survey collected information on health risk behaviors, clinical preventive health practices, and health care access (primarily related to chronic disease and injury) from a representative sample of noninstitutionalized adults aged 18 years or older in each state.
The BRFSS is the largest ongoing telephone-based health surveillance system in the world, conducting more than 438,000 interviews in 2021. BRFSS staff are working to make this new data set available soon through its online Prevalence and Trends Tools.
Learn more about the 2021 BRFSS data.
Learn more about the BRFSS or send an inquiry to CDCINFO@cdc.gov
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