Oregon BRFSS - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

The BRFSS is the largest, continuously conducted, telephone health survey in the world. It enables the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the state health departments, and other health agencies to monitor modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and other leading causes of death.


BRFSS questions and topics have changed periodically to reflect:

1. scientific advances which produce new guidelines for screening and treatment for various conditions or chronic diseases
2. emerging public health concerns
3. improvements in questionnaire design.

Therefore, questions for some health topic areas may not have been asked in every year. Some topics are now covered on a yearly basis, whereas others are asked on a rotating basis, depending in part on how rapidly the prevalence is likely to change. Many questions were designed and tested by CDC; some are added by the state programs and were developed through other research work.

On this Site:

• Survey Description
  Get more information on the background and technical information regarding the BRFSS survey.
  
  
• Related Publications
  A listing of state-based publications using Oregon's BRFSS data; includes annual reports, fact sheets, newsletters, and other topical articles.
  
  
• Survey Questions by Year
  Select data tables from the question list for a given year in the menu:
  
  
• Survey Data by Topic for each Year
  Review Oregon survey information by question, topic and year. These pages post tables by age and gender; topics are in alphabetical order.
  
  

• About the Adult BRFSS
  
  
• Background Information
  
  
• Topics by County
  
  
• Questions by Topic
  
  
• Questions by Year:
  
  
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997
  • 1996
    
    
• Related Publications

• Keeping Oregonians Healthy (pdf)

National BRFSS Information