Health Data

The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

BRFSS is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984.

• Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Data
  

  The Washington Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the largest, continuously conducted, telephone health survey in the world. It enables the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state health departments, and other health agencies to monitor modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and other leading causes of death.

• The Washington Healthy Youth Survey (2004) (HYS) is a collaborative effort of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Department of Health, the Department of Social and Health Service's Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, and Community Trade and Economic Development.  The Healthy Youth Survey provides important information about adolescents in Washington. County prevention coordinators, community mobilization coalitions, community public health and safety networks, and others use this information to guide policy and programs that serve youth. The information from the Healthy Youth Survey can be used to identify trends in the patterns of behavior over time. The state-level data can be used to compare Washington to other states that do similar surveys and to the nation.  In October 2002 and 2004, students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 answered questions about safety and violence, physical activity and diet, alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related risk and protective factors.

The National Center for Health Statistics

The National Center for Health Statistics is a rich source of information about America’s health. NCHS compile statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the population.  This includes raw data on vital statistics, immunization