SCHS: BRFSS: 2023 Survey Results

• Would you say that in general your health is:
• General Health Indicator

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• 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?
• Frequent Mental Distress (within the past 30 days)

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• Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare, or Indian Health Service?
• Health Insurance Coverage (Under Age 65)
• Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Under Age 65)
• Do you have one person or a group of doctors that you think of as your personal health care provider?
• Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because you could not afford it?
• A routine checkup is a general physical exam, not an exam for a specific injury, illness, or condition. About how long has it been since you last visited a doctor for a routine checkup?
• What is the current primary source of your health care coverage?
• Health care coverage status past 12 months

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• During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?
• What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?
• Adults that participated in 150 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes) of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)
• Adults that participated in 300 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes) of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)
• Physical Activity Categories (CDC calculated variable)
• Aerobic Recommendations* (CDC calculated variable)
• Aerobic and Strengthening Guidelines* (4-LEVEL) (CDC calculated variable)
• Aerobic and Strengthening Guidelines* (2-LEVEL) (CDC calculated variable)
• Muscle Strengthening Recommendations* (CDC calculated variable)

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• Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?
• Are you currently taking prescription medicine for your high blood pressure?
• Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional (CDC calculated variable)

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• Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood. About how long has it been since you last had your blood cholesterol checked?
• Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?
• Are you currently taking medicine prescribed by a doctor or other health professional for your blood cholesterol?
• Adults who have had their cholesterol checked and have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that it was high (CDC calculated variable)
• Cholesterol check within past five years (CDC calculated variable)

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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 that is not melanoma?
• (Ever told) (you had) melanoma or 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?
• Not including kidney stones, bladder infection or incontinence, were you ever told you had kidney disease?
• (Ever told) you have diabetes?
• How old were you when you were told you had diabetes?
• Summary Index of Chronic Health Conditions

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• Are you deaf or do you have serious difficulty hearing?
• Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?
• Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?
• Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?
• Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?
• Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?
• Functional Disability Status

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• In the past 12 months, how many times have you fallen?
• How many of these falls caused an injury that limited your regular activities for at least a day or caused you to go to see a doctor?*

• Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?
• Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?
• Do you currently use chewing tobacco or snuff every day, some days, or not at all?
• Do you now use e-cigarettes or other electronic vaping products every day, some days, or not at all?
• E-Cigarette/Vaping Status
• Smoking Status
• Current Smoker
• Use of Multiple Tobacco Products
• Use of Any Tobacco Product

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• During the past 30 days, how many days per week or per month did you have at least one drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?
• One drink is equivalent to a 12 ounce beer, a 5 ounce glass of wine, or a drink with one shot of liquor. During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average?
• Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have [5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?
• During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion?
• Binge Drinking
• Heavy Drinking
• Moderate Drinking Guidelines
• Excessive Drinking

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• During the past 12 months, have you had either a flu vaccine that was sprayed in your nose or a flu shot injected into your arm?
• Have you ever had a pneumonia shot also known as a pneumococcal vaccine?
• Have you ever had the shingles or zoster vaccine?

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• Including fluid testing from your mouth, but not including tests you may have had for blood donation, have you ever been tested for H.I.V?
• Not including blood donations, in what month and year was your last H.I.V. test?

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• How often do you use seat belts when you drive or ride in a car?
• During the past 30 days, how many times have you driven when you've had perhaps too much to drink?*

• Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you tested positive for COVID 19?
• Did you have any symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19?
• Do these long-term symptoms reduce your ability to carry out day-to-day activities compared with the time before you COVID-19?*

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• Have you had a test for high blood sugar or diabetes within the past three years?
• Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes?

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• Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you have diabetes?
• How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?
• According to your doctor or other health professional, what type of diabetes do you have?
• Are you now taking insulin?
• About how many times in the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional checked you for A-one-C?
• When was the last time you had an eye exam in which the pupils were dilated, making you temporarily sensitive to bright light?
• When was the last time a doctor, nurse or other health professional took a photo of the back of your eye with a specialized camera?
• When was the last time you took a course or class in how to manage your diabetes yourself?
• Have you ever had any sores or irritations on your feet that took more than four weeks to heal?

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• Currently, when you smoke cigarettes, do you usually smoke menthol cigarettes?
• Currently, when you use e-cigarettes, do you usually use menthol e-cigarettes?
• Before today, have you heard of heated tobacco products?

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• Have you received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination?
• Would you say you will definitely get a vaccine, will probably get a vaccine, will probably not get a vaccine, will definitely not get a vaccine, or are you not sure?
• How many COVID-19 vaccinations have you received?
• COVID-19 Vaccination Status/Intention (Full Demographics)

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• In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
• How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?
• How often do you feel lonely?
• In the past 12 months have you lost employment or had hours reduced?
• During the past 12 months, have you received food stamps, also called SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on an EBT card?
• During the past 12 months how often did the food that you bought not last, and you didn’t have money to get more?
• During the last 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage, rent or utility bills?
• During the last 12 months was there a time when an electric, gas, oil, or water company threatened to shut off services?
• During the past 12 months has a lack of reliable transportation kept you from medical appointments, meetings, work, or from getting things needed for daily living?
• Stress means a situation in which a person feels tense, restless, nervous, or anxious, or is unable to sleep at night because his/her mind is troubled all the time. Within the last 30 days, how often have you felt this kind of stress?

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• How do other people usually classify you in this country? Would you say White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or some other group?
• How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?
• Within the past 12 months, do you feel that in general you were treated worse than, the same as, or better than people of other races?
• Within the past 12 months at work, do you feel you were treated worse than, the same as, or better than people of other races?
• Within the past 12 months when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?
• Within the past 30 days, have you experienced any physical symptoms, for example, a headache, an upset stomach, tensing of your muscles, or a pounding heart, as a result of how you were treated based on your race?

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• Has a doctor or other health professional ever suggested physical activity or exercise to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?
• Have you ever taken an educational course or class to teach you how to manage problems related to your arthritis or joint symptoms?

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• On how many of the past 7 days, did someone smoke in your indoor workplace while you were there?
• On how many of the past 7 days, did anyone smoke in your home while you were there?
• On how many of the past 7 days, did you smell tobacco smoke from someone else's cigarette, cigar, or pipe drifting into your home from nearby apartments or from outside?

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• During the past 30 days, did you smoke cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars?
• During the past 30 days, have you used a hookah or water pipe?

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• In the past 12 months, did any doctor, dentist, nurse, or other health professional advise you to quit smoking cigarettes or using any other tobacco products?
• Did your doctor or health provider recommend medications and/or discuss methods and strategies other than medication (such as referrals to Quitline, counseling opportunities, or educational materials such as booklets or pamphlets) to assist you to quit smoking?
• During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?

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• During the past 30 days, how often did you drink regular soda or pop that contains sugar? Do not include diet soda or diet pop.
• During the past 30 days, how often did you drink sugar-sweetened fruit drinks (such as Kool-aid and lemonade) sweet tea, and sports or energy drinks (such as Gatorade and Red Bull)? Do not include 100% fruit juice, diet drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks.
• HNC2030 sugar-sweetened beverage indicator

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• Gambling Status
• In the past 12 months, have you gambled or played any games for money?
• Have you ever tried to cut down or control your gambling?
• Have you ever lied to family members or friends about how much you gamble or how much money you have lost gambling?
• Have there ever been periods for 2 weeks or more when you spent a lot of time thinking about gambling or planning future gambling?

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• Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many times during the past 30 days did you have [5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] on an occasion?
• During the most recent occasion when you had [5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women] or more alcoholic beverages, about how many beers, including malt liquor, did you drink?
• About how many glasses of wine did you drink?
• About how many drinks of liquor, including cocktails, did you have?
• About how many other, pre-mixed drinks did you have?
• During this most recent occasion, where were you when you did most of your drinking?
• Did you drive a motor vehicle such as a car, motorcycle, or boat during or within a couple of hours after this most recent occasion?
• During this most recent occasion, about how much did you pay for the alcohol which you drank yourself?
• Binge Drinking (CDC calculated variable)
• Heavy Drinking (CDC calculated variable)

• Body Mass Index Grouping-Underweight, Recommended Range, Overweight and Obese
• Adults who have a body mass index greater than 25.00 (Overweight or Obese)
• Health Insurance Coverage - Age Under 65
• Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Age Under 65)
• Smoking Status
• Current Smoker
• Binge Drinking
• Heavy Drinking
• Cholesterol check within past five years
• Excessive Drinking
• Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional
• Adults who have had their cholesterol checked and have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that it was high

Also see results for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.