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Problem: Behavioral risk factors such as smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity, and excessive drinking are linked to the leading causes of death in the United States.
Controlling these behavioral risk factors and using preventive health services e. Continuous monitoring both of health behaviors and of the use of preventive services is essential for developing health promotion activities, intervention programs, and health policies at the state, city, and county level. BRFSS collects data on health-risk behaviors and use of preventive health services related to the leading causes of death and disability in the United States.
Virgin Islands, selected metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas MMSAs , and corresponding counties. Results: Prevalence estimates of risk behaviors, chronic conditions, and the use of preventive services varied substantially by state and territory, MMSA, and county.
I nterpretation: This report indicates that substantial variations in health-risk behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, and the use of preventive health services exist among adults from state to state and within states and underscores the continued need for prevention and health promotion activities at the local, state, and federal levels.
