Calendar Year 2011 Results
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
2011 BRFSS Topics for Western North Carolina
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BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes
Health Status
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Healthy Days
- 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
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Hypertension Awareness
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Cholesterol Awareness
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Chronic Health Conditions
Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that
you had any of the following?
- (Ever told) you had a heart attack also called a myocardial infarction?
- (Ever told) you had angina or coronary heart disease?
- (Ever told) you had a stroke?
- History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)
- (Ever told) you had asthma?
- Do you still have asthma?
- (Ever told) you had skin cancer?
- (Ever told) you had any other types of cancer?
- (Ever told) you have (COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema or chronic bronchitis?
- (Ever told) you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?
- (Ever told) you have a depressive disorder, including depression, major depression, dysthymia, or minor depression?
- (Ever told) you have kidney disease?
- (Ever told) you have vision impairment in one or both eyes, even when wearing glasses?
- EVER told you that you have diabetes?
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Tobacco Use
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Fruits and Vegetables
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Exercise
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Disability
- 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?
- Has your disability lasted or is it expected to last 12 months or longer?
- Because of any impairment or health problem, do you have any trouble learning, remembering, or concentrating?
- Disability Status
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Arthritis Burden
- Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?
- Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?
- In this next question, we are referring to work for pay. Do arthritis or joint symptoms now affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?
- During the past 30 days, to what extent has your arthritis or joint symptoms interfered with your normal social activities, such as going shopping, to the movies, or to religious or social gatherings?
- Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching and whether or not you have taken medication. DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS, how bad was your joint pain ON AVERAGE?
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Seatbelt Use
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Immunization
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Alcohol Consumption
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HIV/AIDS
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Pre-Diabetes
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Diabetes
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Cardiovascular Health
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Actions to Control High Blood Pressure
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Heart Attack or Stroke
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COPD
- Have you ever been given breathing test to diagnose your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?
- Would you say that shortness of breath affects the quality of your life?
- Other than a routine visit, have you had to see a doctor in the past 12 months for symptoms
related to shortness of breath, bronchitis, or other COPD, or emphysema flare?
- Did you have to visit an emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the past 12 months because of your COPD, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?
- How many different medications do you currently take each day to help with your COPD,
chronic bronchitis, or emphysema?
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Veteran's Health
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Cognitive Impairment
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Social Context
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Diabetes Control
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Caregiving
- People may provide regular care or assistance to a friend or family member who has a health problem, long-term illness, or disability. During the past month, did you provide any such care or assistance to a friend or family member?
- What age is the person for whom you are giving care?
- For the person to whom you are giving the most care, what is his/her relationship to you?
- For how long have you provided care for this person?
- Major Health Problems of Care Recipient (Physical Health Condition/Disease Categories: Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hypertension/High Blood Pressure,
Lung Disease/Emphysema, Osteoporosis, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke)
- Major Health Problems of Care Recipient (Physical Disability Categories: Eye/Vision problem, Hearing Problem, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury)
- Major Health Problems of Care Recipient (Learning/Cognition Categories: Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia, Learning Disabilities, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Major Health Problems of Care Recipient (Developmental Disability Categories: Cerebral Palsy (CP), Down Syndrome, Other developmental disability (e.g., spinal bifida))
- Major Health Problems of Care Recipient (Mental Health Categories: Anxiety, Depression, Other)
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Nutrition
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Worksite Wellness Programs
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Secondhand Smoke
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Smoking Cessation
- Did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medications to assist you with quitting smoking?
- The last time you tried to quit smoking, did you use any of the following medications: a nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenges, nicotine nasal spray, a nicotine inhaler, or pills such as Wellbutrin, Zyban, buproprion, Chantix, or varenicline to help you quit?
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Other Tobacco Products
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Tobacco Use Prevention
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Quit Now
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Uninsured
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Preconception Health & Family Planning
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Adult Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
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Traumatic Brain Injury
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Sexual Orientation
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Firearms
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Derived Variables and Risk Factors
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