The BRFSS is an ongoing telephone survey of adults conducted in all 50 states and coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA. Households are randomly selected and contacted by a contractor who conducts most interviews in the evenings and on weekends. Perhaps you or someone you know was called by the survey staff. Once an interviewer reaches a household, a random selection of adult household members is made to choose one person to participate in the survey. Listed and unlisted residential telephone numbers are included in the sample, but not business, Fax, modem or cell phone lines.

 

The questionnaire (CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2013, PDF) changes somewhat from year to year and state to state to meet changing needs and address state specific priorities.  The BRFSS originally collected data on health behaviors related to the leading causes of death, but has since been expanded to include issues related to health care access, utilization of preventive health services, and to address emerging issues such as cigar smoking or diet pill use.  Each month survey data are sent to the CDC for editing and checking.  At the end of each year data are compiled and adjusted to be representative of all adults in the state, and returned to states for analysis and use in planning and monitoring health programs.  Data for all states are available via the CDC BRFSS website.

 

 

 

 

 

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2012 (PDF 195KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2011 (PDF 241KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2010 (PDF 173KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2009 (PDF 454KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2008 (PDF 205KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2007 (PDF 299KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2006 (PDF 358KB)

CT BRFSS Questionnaire, 2005 (PDF 285KB)

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, please call:

Health Information Systems & Reporting Section

860-509-7658