
įor questions about accessing Hawaii BRFSS data, please contact the Hawaii Health Data Warehouse. For general questions or comments about BRFSS, please call (808) 586-8051. To access or request Hawaii BRFSS data, click here. We gratefully acknowledge and thank the residents of Hawaii, who have graciously participated in this survey since 1986. Results from this survey are used to improve programs that we hope will lead to better health for the people of Hawaii. If you are called, please consider participating in the survey. Interviews are conducted daily, from noon to 9 pm. BRFSS participants are randomly selected from houses with listed and unlisted landline telephone numbers, as well as cell phone numbers. Perhaps you or someone you know has been called by our survey contractor. Hawaii has been participating in the BRFSS since 1986 and the number of people surveyed each year has grown from 500 to over 6,000. The BRFSS is coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and originally collected data on health behaviors relevant to the leading causes of death, but has expanded to include other topics such as healthcare access, use of preventive health services, and emerging health issues. The aggregate BRFSS combined landline and cell phone data set is built from the landline and cell phone data submitted for 2019 and includes data for 49 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The 2019 BRFSS data continue to reflect the changes initially made in 2011 for weighting methodology (raking) and adding cell-phone-only respondents. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world’s largest ongoing telephone survey of adults. CDC provides a core questionnaire that the states may choose to supplement with optional modules and state-added questions. 2019 BRFSS Survey Data and Documentation. Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
