Delaware 2013-2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
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2025-01
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Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research (CADSR)
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This report analyzes the 2013 and 2023 BRFSS data. The objective of BRFSS is “to collect uniform state-specific data on health risk, behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, access to health care, and use of preventive health services related to the leading causes of death and disability in the United States”. The goal of the report was to present the BRFSS survey results and provide statistical analysis of the Delawareans’ health as well as their health behavior patterns while comparing data from two surveys conducted in 2013 and 2023. The 2013 BRFSS combined landline and cell phone weighted response rate for Delaware was 5,343; whereas the 2023 BRFSS combined landline and cell phone weighted response rate for Delaware was 4,427. To make a meaningful comparative analysis of the results of two different BRFSS survey separated by ten years, only those sections and modules were selected in the 2023 survey that had corresponding sections and modules in the 2013 survey. This study generalizes the prevalence rates of health issues, health care access, chronic diseases, and some behavioral risk factors among the population.
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Health Status, Health Care Access, Chronic Health Conditions, Alcohol Consumption, Diabetes