2000 BRFSS Survey Results

Alphabetical Topics:  A, C, D, E, F, H, T, W

Please click on one of the two categories below to view the results for each question.

• Are you limited in any way in any activities because of any impairment or health problem?
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• What is the major impairment or health problem that limits your activities?
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Arthritis

• During the past 12 months, have you had pain, aching, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint?
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• Were these symptoms present on most days for at least one month?
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• Are you now limited in any way in any activities because of joint symptoms?
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• Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have arthritis?
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• Are you currently being treated by a doctor for arthritis?
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• What type of arthritis did the doctor say you have?
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• Chronic Joint Symptoms - Calculated Variable
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• Arthritis - Calculated Variable
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Asthma

• Did a doctor ever tell you that you had asthma?
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• Do you still have asthma?
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• To lower your risk of developing heart disease or stroke, has a doctor advised you to...Eat fewer high fat or high cholesterol foods?
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• To lower your risk of developing heart disease or stroke, has a doctor advised you to...Exercise more?
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• To lower your risk of developing heart disease or stroke, are you...Eating fewer high fat or high cholesterol foods?
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• To lower your risk of developing heart disease or stroke, are you...Exercising more?
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• Has a doctor ever told you that you had... [a] Heart attack or myocardial infarction?
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• Has a doctor ever told you that you had... Angina or coronary heart disease?
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• Has a doctor ever told you that you had...[a] Stroke?
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• Do you take aspirin daily or every other day?
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• Do you have a health problem or condition that makes taking aspirin unsafe for you?
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• Why do you take aspirin...To relieve pain?
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• Why do you take aspirin...To reduce chance of a heart attack?
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• Why do you take aspirin...To reduce the chance of stroke?
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• Estrogens such as Premarin and progestins such as Provera are female hormones that may be prescribed around the time of menopause, after menopause, or after a hysterectomy. Has your doctor discussed the benefits and risks of estrogen with you?
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• Other than birth control pills, has a doctor ever prescribed estrogen pills for you?
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• Are you currently taking estrogen pills?
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• Why are you taking/did you take estrogen pills.... To prevent a heart attack?
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• Why are you taking/did you take estrogen pills.... To treat or prevent bone thinning, bone loss, or osteoporosis?
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• Why are you taking/did you take estrogen pills.... To treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes?
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Care Giving

• There are situations where people provide regular care or assistance to a family member or friend who is elderly or has a long-term illness or disability. During the past month, did you provide any such care or assistance to a family member or friend who is 60 years of age or older?
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• Who would you call to arrange short or long-term care in the home for an elderly relative or friend who was no longer able to care for themselves?
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• Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?
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• How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?
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• Are you now taking insulin?
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• Are you now taking diabetes pills?
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• About how often do you check your blood for glucose or sugar? Include times when checked by a family member or friend, but do not include times when checked by a health professional.  
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• About how often do you check your feet for any sores or irritations? Include times when checked by a family member or friend, but do not include times when checked by a health professional.
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• Have you ever had any sores or irritations on your feet that took more than four weeks to heal?
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• About how many times in the last year have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?
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• A test for hemoglobin 'A one C' measures the average level of blood sugar over the past three months. About how many times in the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional checked you for hemoglobin 'A one C'?
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• About how many times in the last year has a health professional checked your feet for any sores or irritations?
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• When was the last time you had an eye exam in which the pupils were dilated? This would have made you temporarily sensitive to bright light.
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• Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?
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• Have you ever taken a course or class in how to manage your diabetes yourself?
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• During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?
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• What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing in the past month?
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• Level of Physical Activity – Calculated Variable
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• Regular and Sustained Physical Activity – Calculated Variable
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• Thinking back to your last pregnancy, just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about becoming pregnant?
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• Are you or your husband/partner using any kind of birth control now? Birth control means having your tubes tied, vasectomy, the pill, condoms, diaphragm, foam, rhythm, Norplant, shots (Depo-Provera) or [any way] to keep from getting pregnant?
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• What kinds of birth control are you or your husband/partner using now?
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• What are your reasons for not using any birth control now?
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• Where is your usual source of services for female health concerns, such as family planning, annual exams, breast exams, tests for sexually transmitted diseases, and other female health concerns?
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• Have you ever used the services at a family planning clinic?
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• How long has it been since you used the services at a family planning clinic?
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• Do you currently take any vitamin pills or supplements?
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• Some health experts recommend that women take 400 micrograms of the B vitamin folic acid, for which of the following reasons….? Females Age 18 - 44
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• Taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid - Females Age 18-44 - Calculated Variable
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• How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?
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• Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?
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• How often do you eat green salad?
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• How often do you eat potatoesnot including French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips?
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• How often do you eat carrots?
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• Not Counting carrots, potatos or salads, how many servings of vegestables do you usually eat?
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• Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Per Day – Calculated Variable
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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?
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• Medicare is a coverage plan for people 65 or over and for certain disabled people. Do you have Medicare?
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• What type of health care coverage do you use to pay for most of your medical care?
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• During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have any health insurance or coverage?
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• About how long has it been since you had health care coverage?
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• Was there a time during the last 12 months when you needed to see a doctor, but could not because of the cost?
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• About how long has it been since you last visited a doctor for a routine checkup?
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• Would you say that in general your health is....?
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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?
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• Now thinking about your mental health, which stress, depression and problems with emotions, for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?
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• 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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• If you had a child in school, at what grade do you think he or she should begin receiving education in school about HIV infection and AIDS?
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• If you had a teenager who was sexually active, would you encourage him or her to use a condom?
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• What are your chances of getting infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS?
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• Except for tests you may have had a part of blood donations, have you ever been tested for HIV?
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• Not including your blood donations, have you been tested for HIV in the past 12 months?
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• What was the main reason you had your last blood test for HIV?
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• Where did you have your last test for HIV?
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• Did you receive the results of your last [HIV] test?
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• Did you receive counseling or talk with a health care professional about the results of your [HIV] test?
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• Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?
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• On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?
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• On the average, when you smoked during the past 30 days, about how many cigarettes did you smoke a day?
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• During the past 12 months, have you quit smoking for 1 day or longer?
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• About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly, that is, daily?
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• Smoking Status – Calculated Variable
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• Current Smoker - Calculated Variable
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• Are you now trying to lose weight?
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• Are you now trying to maintain your current weight, that is to keep from gaining weight?
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• Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither – Calculated Variable
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• Are you eating either fewer calories or less fat to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?
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• Are you using physical activity or exercise to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?
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• In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional given you advice about your weight?
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• Body Mass Index Grouping - Underweight, Recommended Range, Overweight and Obese – Calculated Variable
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• Body Mass Index Grouping - Normal/Underweight, Overweight - Calculated Variable;
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Women's Health

• A mammogram is an x-ray of each breast to look for breast cancer. Have you ever had a mammogram?
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• How long has it been since you had your last mammogram?
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• Was your last mammogram done as part of a routine checkup, because of a breast problem other than cancer, or because you've already had breast cancer?
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• A clinical breast exam is when a doctor, nurse, or other health professional feels the breast for lumps. Have you ever had a clinical breast exam?
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• How long has it been since your last breast exam?
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• Was your last breast exam done as part of a routine checkup, because of a breast problem other than cancer, or because you've already had breast cancer?
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• Mammogram and a breast exam in the past two years? - Calculated variable
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• A Pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix. Have you ever had a Pap smear?
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• How long has it been since you had your last Pap smear?
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• Was your last Pap smear done as part of a routine exam, or to check a current or previous problem?
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• Have you had a hysterectomy?
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