Calendar Year 2004 Results
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
2004 BRFSS Topics for Guilford County
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Risk Factors and Derived Variables |
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BRFSS 2004 Annual Results Technical Notes
Health Status (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Healthy Days (see results for 2002)
- Now thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury, for how many days during the past 30 days was your physical health not good?
- Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions, for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?
- During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?
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Health Care Access (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Exercise (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Environmental Factors
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Excess Sun Exposure (see results for 2003)
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Tobacco Use (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Alcohol Consumption (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Asthma (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Diabetes (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Oral Health (see results for 2001, 2002)
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Immunization (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Women's Health (see results for 2002)
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Prostate Cancer Screening (see results for 2001, 2002)
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Colorectal Cancer Screening (see results for 2001, 2002)
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Family Planning (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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Disability (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
- Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?
- Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?
- A disability can be physical, mental, emotional, or communication related. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
- Because of any impairment or health problem, do you have any trouble learning, remembering, or concentrating?
- Disability Status
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HIV/AIDS (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
- I'm going to read two statements about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After I read each one, please tell me whether you think it is true or false, or if you don't know.
- A pregnant woman with HIV can get treatment to help reduce the chances that she will pass the virus on to her baby
- There are medical treatments available that are intended to help a person who is infected with HIV to live longer.
- Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.
- In the past 12 months, how many times have you been tested for HIV, including times you did not get your results.
- Where did you have your last HIV test-at a private doctor or HMO office, at a counseling and testing site, at a hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or prison, at home, or somewhere else?
- What type of clinic did you go to for your last HIV test?
- Was this test done by a nurse or ohter health worker, or with a home testing kit?
- Have you used intravenous drugs in the past year, been treated for a sexually transmitted or venereal disease in the past year, or given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year?
- In the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional talked to you about preventing sexually transmitted diseases through condom use?
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Firearms (see results for 2001, 2002)
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Sexual Behavior (see results for 2001)
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Folic Acid (see results for 2001)
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Other Tobacco Products (see results for 2001)
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Smoking Cessation
- About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?
- In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?
- In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?
- On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/Buproprion?
- On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?
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Secondhand Smoke Policy
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Health Care Cost ⁄ Under-Insurance
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Diabetes Screening (see results for 2003)
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Diabetes Counseling (see results for 2002)
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Skin Cancer Prevention (see results for 2001)
- In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?
- In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?
- When you're outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour, how often do you protect your skin from the sun, such as by using sunscreens or sunblock or
wearing hats or protective clothing? Would you say:
- Earlier you said you had child/children under age 18. Are any of the child/children under age 13?
- When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour, how often does s/he stay in an area protected by shade?
- When you are outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour, how often do you stay in the shade?
- When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour, how often do you stay in the shade?
- Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months? By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours.
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Prostate Cancer Counseling
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Quit Now NC
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Tobacco Use Prevention
- States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.59. and the NC tax is 5 cents.
How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if a considerable portion of the money raised was used to fund smoking prevention programs
for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?
- If someone were smoking near you in the nonsmoking area of a restaurant, you would:
- In the past 12 months, have you ever asked a stranger not to smoke around you, in order to avoid exposure to their tobacco smoke?
- How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Tobacco use by adults should not be allowed on school grounds or at any school events.
- In the indoor dining area of restaurants, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas, or not allowed at all?
- Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?
- In the following locations, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas, or not allowed at all
- Public Buildings
- Bowling Alleys
- Grocery Stores
- Convenience Stores
- Indoor sporting events or concerts
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Aging & Caregiving (see results for 2003)
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Winner's Circle
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Risk Factors and Derived Responses (see results for 2001, 2002, 2003)
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