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CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Metadata Updated: July 26, 2023

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. For many states, the BRFSS is the only available source of timely, accurate data on health-related behaviors.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date July 26, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date July 26, 2023
Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health & Human Services
Maintainer
Identifier 15ece528-43c1-45c3-ba01-0b9a4f5a31f0
Data First Published 2012-05-30
Data Last Modified 2023-07-26
Category Health
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 009:20
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Harvest Object Id 2781c815-9416-49be-8d18-a0631a5acce8
Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/dataset/cdc-behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system-brfss
License https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
Program Code 009:072
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash e5898d2e47506457ac855fabed6767af876dbc92
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 1984-01-01T00:00:00-05:00/2009-12-31T00:00:00-05:00

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