cdc: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data
In dundeemath/MA22004labs: MA22004 (University of Dundee)

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data

Description

This data set is for teaching and training purposes. While there are over 200 variables in the full BRFSS data set, here we look at 9 measurements/responses across a random sample of 20,000 participants (date of responses unspecified). Conducted by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an annual telephone survey of 350,000 people in the United States. As its name implies, the BRFSS is designed to identify risk factors in the adult population and report emerging health trends. For example, respondents are asked about their diet and weekly physical activity, their HIV/AIDS status, possible tobacco use, and even their level of healthcare coverage. The BRFSS Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/brfss) contains a complete description of the survey, including the research questions that motivate the study and many interesting results derived from the data.

Usage

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Format

A tbl_df with with 20,000 rows and 9 variables:

genhlth: Respondents were asked to evaluate their general health, responding either excellent, very good, good, fair or poor.
exerany: Indicates whether the respondent exercised in the past month (1) or did not (0).
hlthplan: Indicates whether the respondent had some form of health coverage (1) or did not (0).
smoke100: Indicates whether the respondent had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in his/her lifetime, either yes (1) or no (0).
height: Height, in inches.
weight: Weight, in pounds.
wtdesire: Respondents were asked their desired weight, reported in pounds
age: Ages, in years.
gender: Gender, according to a binary classification of either male (m) or female (f).