SCHS: BRFSS: 2024 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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• Adults who had some form of health insurance
• Health care coverage status past 12 months
• What is the current primary source of your health care coverage?
• Do you have one person or a group of doctors that you think of as your personal health care provider?
• Do you have any kind of insurance coverage that pays for some or all of your routine dental care including dental insurance prepaid plans such as HMOs or government plans such as Medicaid?
• 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?
• About how long has it been since you last visited a doctor for a routine checkup?
• Health Insurance Coverage (Under Age 65)
• Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages (Under Age 65)

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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?

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• How long has it been since you last visited a dentist or a dental clinic for any reason?
• How many of your permanent teeth have been removed because of tooth decay or gum disease? Do not include teeth lost for other reasons, such as injury or orthodontics.
• Adults aged 18+ that have had permanent teeth extracted
• Adults aged 65+ who have had all their natural teeth extracted (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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• Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are exams to check for colon cancer. Have you ever had either of these exams?
• How long has it been since your most recent colonoscopy?
• How long has it been since your most recent sigmoidoscopy?
• Have you ever had any other kind of test for colorectal cancer, such as virtual colonoscopy, CT colonography, blood stool test, FIT DNA, or Cologuard test?
• A virtual colonoscopy uses a series of X-rays to take pictures of inside the colon. Have you ever had a virtual colonoscopy?
• How long has it been since you had this test?* (virtual colonoscopy)
• Another test uses a special kit to obtain a small amount of stool at home to determine whether the stool contains blood and returns the kit to the doctor or the lab. Have you ever had this test using a home kit?
• How long has it been since you had this test?* (Blood Stool Test)
• Another test uses a special kit to obtain an entire bowel movement at home and returns the kit to a lab. Have you ever had this test?
• How long has it been since you had this test?* (Stool DNA test)
• Respondents age 45-75 who have had a blood stool test within the past year. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents age 45-75 that have had a colonoscopy within the past ten years. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past ten years and a blood stool test in the past year. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents age 45-75 that have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past five years. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents age 45-75 that have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past ten years. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents age 45-75 that have had a stool DNA test within the past three years. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents aged 45-75 who have had a virtual colonoscopy within the past five years. (CDC calculated variable)
• Respondents aged 45-75 who have fully met the USPSTF recommendations. (CDC calculated variable)

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• 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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• How old were you when you first started to smoke cigarettes regularly?
• How old were you when you last smoked cigarettes regularly?
• On average, when you [smoke/smoked] regularly, about how many cigarettes [do/did] you usually smoke each day?
• The next question is about CT or CAT scans of your chest area. During this test, you lie flat on your back and are moved through an open, donut shaped x-ray machine. Have you ever had a CT or CAT scan of your chest area?
• Were any of the CT or CAT scans of your chest area done mainly to check or screen for lung cancer?
• Number of Pack Years

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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?
• During the past 30 days, on the days when you drank, about how many drinks did you drink on the average? (A 40 ounce beer would count as 3 drinks, or a cocktail drink with 2 shots would count as 2 drinks.)
• 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?
• At what kind of place did you get your last flu shot or 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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• You’ve told us that you have had cancer. I would like to ask you a few more questions about your cancer. How many different types of cancer have you had?
• At what age were you told that you had cancer?
• What type of cancer was it?

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• A Prostate-Specific Antigen test, also called a PSA test, is a blood test used to check men for prostate cancer. Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER talked with you about the Advantages, Disadvantages or Both of the PSA test?
• Have you ever had a PSA test?
• Who first suggested this P.S.A. test: you, your doctor, or someone else?
• How long has it been since you had your last PSA test?
• What was the MAIN reason you had this PSA test

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• Have you or anyone else discussed your difficulties with thinking or memory with a health care provider?
• During the past 12 months, have your difficulties with thinking or memory interfered with day-to-day activities, such as managing medications, paying bills, or keeping track of appointments?
• During the past 12 months, have your difficulties with thinking or memory interfered with your ability to work or volunteer?
• Are you worried about these difficulties with thinking or memory?
• During the past 12 months, have you experienced difficulties with thinking or memory that are happening more often or are getting worse?
• Has Functional Limitation due to Subjective Cognitive Decline

Also see results for 2020.

• During the past 30 days, did you provide regular care or assistance to a friend or family member who has a health problem or disability?
• How old is the person to whom you are giving care?
• What is his or her relationship to you?
• For how long have you provided care for that person?
• In an average week, how many hours do you provide care or assistance?
• Does the person you care for also have Alzheimer´s disease, dementia or other cognitive impairment disorder?
• What is the main health problem, long-term illness, or disability that the person you care for has?
• In the past 30 days, did you provide regular care for this person by managing personal care such as bathing, getting to the bathroom, or helping to eat?
• In the past 30 days, did you provide regular care for this person by managing household tasks such as help with transportation, shopping, or managing money?
• In the past 30 days, did you provide regular care for this person by helping with nursing or medical tasks such as injections, wound care, or tube feedings?

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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?
• How safe from crime do you consider your neighborhood to be?
• 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?

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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?

Also see results for 2022, 2023.

• 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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• Gun Ownership
• Are any firearms kept in or around your home?
• Are any of these firearms now loaded?
• Are any of these loaded firearms also unlocked? By unlocked, we mean you do not need a key or a combination or a hand/fingerprint to get the gun or to fire it. We don't count a safety as a lock.

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• Women at risk of Unintended Pregnancy (Calculated variable).
• Women in need of Contraceptive Services (Calculated variable).
• Used Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Method (Calculated variable).
• Effectiveness of current Contraceptive Method (Calculated variable).

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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?

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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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• 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
• Women respondents aged 40+ who have had a mammogram in the past two years (CDC calculated variable)
• Women age 40-74 who have had a mammogram in the past two years. (CDC calculated variable)
• Female respondents with and intact cervix, aged 21-65, who have had a pap test in the past three years. (CDC calculated variable. Partially aligns with Healthy People 2030 Objective C-9)
• Respondents aged 45-75 who have fully met the USPSTF recommendations.* (CDC calculated variable)
• Excessive Drinking

Also see results for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.