Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

The national BRFSS is the world’s largest ongoing telephone survey of randomly selected adults, aged 18 years or older, that tracks health risks and health behaviors. The national BRFSS at CDC provides the randomly selected phone numbers. Participating states and US territories conduct the telephone survey following the national BRFSS guidance and protocols. Results for the nation as well as for the individual states and US territories can be found at the CDC’s website.

We gratefully acknowledge and thank the BRFSS interviewers and people of Hawaii who have graciously participated in this survey since 1986.

The BRFSS is a dynamic health surveillance system that adapts with changing technology and communication environment. Recent improvements to the BRFSS survey are the use of dual sampling frame (landline and cell phone) and iterative proportional weighting methodology (raking) as of calendar year 2011. The Hawaii BRFSS results using these improvements are available starting the year2011.

In using information on this web site, earlier year results and statistics cannot be compared with those of year 2011 onwards due to the improvements implemented in 2011.

For earlier calendar year results, click on the following 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, (2003 pdf version), 2002,(2002 pdf version), 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994;

NEW	Recent Hawaii BRFSS results from calendar year 2005 to 2010 is available in visual geographic interactive form utilizing Instant Atlas mapping software. Read the brief description. Explore now.

The state of Hawaii is ethnically diverse with White (Caucasian), Hawaiian/Part Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese and Chinese comprising at least 90 percent of the state’s adult population. For stable estimate of statistics on health, health risks and health related topics by the five ethnic groups mentioned, two to three years of HBRFSS data were combined. Users of this website can access the ethnic information for the following combine years 2005-2007, 2001-2003

Special reports on variety of topics derived from HBRFSS are available as shown below:

• Sleep Related Prevalence and Associations with Selected Health Indicators
• Adverse Life Experiences (ALE) and Health
• Hawaii BRFSS 2007: Mental Health and Stigma Report
• Depression and Anxiety Among Adults in Hawaii
• Frequent Mental Distress Prevalence and Disparity: Hawaii BRFSS 2005-2007
• Hawaii Communities’ Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 Derived from HBRFSS 2005-2007
• The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Hawaii 2007
• Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression among Hawaii’s Adults Derived from HBRFSS 2006
• Recent Tracking of Hawaii’s Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 Derived from HBRFSS 2001-2006
• The Relationship of Smoking Status to General Health and Quality of Life
• Hawaii’s Progress Toward Healthy People 2010
• Exposure to Second Hand Cigarette Smoke at Home
• Estimates of Disability Among Ethnic Groups in Hawaii
• Adult Diabetes Prevalence Measured from the HBRFSS
• The State of Hawaii Arthritis Report:What the BRFSS 2000 Shows
• Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Report 1994-2000

If you have any questions or comments about HBRFSS, please email us or contact the Department of Health at (808)586-4509.

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