Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)

The Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a telephone survey sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor behaviors related to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity.

A "record" is defined as a randomly selected adult in a household with a telephone who agrees to participate in the survey.

18 years and older

National, state and county

2008

Yes, online analysis can be done through the Colorado Health Information Data Set (CoHID), an interactive Web-based system that provides Colorado-specific health and demographic data from a variety of datasets, including BFRSS. The Colorado BRFSS data are grouped into two-year averages.

CDC's Interactive Database from 1995 to 2008 and Interactive Maps from 2002 to 2007 provide BFRSS state-to-state comparisons.
In addition to COHID and CDC's interactive databases, custom analysis can be requested by contacting the Colorado BRFSS Coordinator or the health statistics section at CDPHE (303-692-2160).

Yes, research requests on identifiable information must be reviewed by department staff. For a data request form or more information, please visit http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/index.html.

Newsletters, fact sheets and annual publications are available online.