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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a United States health survey that looks at behavioral risk factors. Begun in 1984, the BRFSS is run by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and conducted by participating individual state health departments.
The CDC’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report highlights concerns for several sub-groups at heightened risk for adverse health outcomes. Students from minority groups, for instance, face elevated risks related to mental health issues, substance use, and experiencing or witnessing violence compared to their peers.
America's Health Rankings started in 1990 and is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis. It is founded on the World Health Organization holistic definition of health, which says health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
The "Garden State" has the fifth-longest life expectancy in the US, according to the CDC data. In its 2023 American Community Survey one-year estimates, the Census Bureau said 92.8% of residents ...
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the world's largest, ongoing telephone health-survey system. [82] Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a surveillance system on maternal and infant health with telephone and mail questionnaires in English and Spanish [83] in 50 US jurisdictions. [84] Mortality Medical Data ...
An analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey data found a 2.8% annual increase in viral suppression rates among all PLWH from 2010 to 2015 due to Medicaid expansion. [241] In Nebraska, PLWH newly covered by Medicaid expansion in 2013-14 were four times more likely to be virally suppressed than PLWH who were eligible ...
The following figures were averaged from 2005 to 2007 adult data compiled by the CDC BRFSS program [93] and 2003–2004 child data from the National Survey of Children's Health. [94] [95] There is also data from a more recent 2016 CDC study of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. [96]
BRFSS – (p) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ("burf-us", a CDC health survey covering the U.S. and its territories) BRI (i) Bathroom Readers Institute (publishers of series of "Uncle John's Bathroom Readers" books) Belt and Road Initiative (China-led Asian transport initiative) BRIC – (a) Brazil, Russia, India and China