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Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

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The Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS) is a telephone survey of state residents ages 18 and older carried out in conjunction with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (exit DHS) encompasses BRFS programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

The survey addresses a variety of topics, such as behaviors related to smoking, alcohol use, physical activity and overweight; prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and hypertension; and receipt of recommended cancer and cholesterol screening tests. BRFS data are used extensively by public health departments and are the basis of numerous articles in public health research journals and other publications.  (See information about the BRFS methodology.)

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Health Counts in Wisconsin:  Behavioral Risk Factors, 2010 (annual tables) (PDF, 146 KB) (September 2011)

This condensed report presents BRFS data on risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use, overweight and lack of exercise, as well as receipt of screening tests and actions taken to reduce chronic disease risk.  
Cover of Linking Mental and Physical Health BRFS report   Linking Mental and Physical Health: Results from the Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (PDF, 1,151 KB) (April 2009)
This report presents findings from the 2006 and 2007 BRFS mental health modules, analyzed with relevant demographic, health risk, chronic disease, functioning and quality of life variables. It shows the individual-level burden and diminished quality of life experienced by Wisconsin adults who have serious psychological distress (2007) or depression (2006). The report includes an afterword describing several models of integrated mental and physical health treatment.

Health-Related Quality of Life: Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey to Examine How Wisconsin Adults View Their Health
(PDF, 324 KB)  (November 2006).
This report addresses connections between self-perceived health and demographic, chronic-disease and health-risk characteristics. Health-related quality of life is an emerging concept in public health. CDC strongly encourages states to include health-related quality of life in assessments of population health.  

BRFS in Other Reports: Here is a sampling of reports from collaborations and other programs that present Behavioral Risk Factor Survey data from Wisconsin.

Reports from Previous Years

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Last Revised:  April 03, 2013