2005 State of Hawaii
By Demographic Characteristics
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Florentina R. Salvail, M.S.; Dung-Hanh Nguyen, B.S.; Arquesa Angelina, B.S.

Health Status
General health status
Physical or mental health status during the past 30 days
Physical and/or mental health not good during the past 30 days
Number of days in the past 30 days, physical health not good
Average number of physically unhealthy days in the past 30 days
Number of days in the past 30 days, mental health not good
Average number of mentally unhealthy days in the past 30 days
Number of days in the past 30 days, physical or mental health not good
Average number of unhealthy days in the past 30 days
Number of days in the past 30 days, poor health keeps you from doing usual activities
Average number of activity limitation days in the past 30 days

Health Care Access
Do you have any kind of health care coverage
Do you have one person or more than one you think of as your personal doctor(s)
Was there a time in the past 12 months you need medical care, but could not because of the cost?
When was your last visit to a doctor for a routine checkup?

Physical Activity
Do you have any leisure time exercise or physical activity during the past 30 days
Estimated physical activity levels
Moderate To Vigorous Physical Activity
Vigorous Physical Activity

Fruits and Vegetables
Average number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables
How often do you eat fruits and vegetables?
How often do you drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit or tomato?
How often do you eat fruits?
How often do you eat green salad?
How often do you eat potatoes not including french fries, fried potatoes and potato chips?
How often do you eat carrots?
How often do you eat vegetables?

Alcohol Consumption
Binge drinking defined as having 5 or more drinks on 1 occasion
Heavy drinking defined as greater than 2 drinks per day for men, and 1 drink per day for women

Tobacco Use
Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?
Smoking status (4 levels)
Smoking status (3 levels)
During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer trying to quit smoking?
How long has it been since your last smoked cigarettes regularly?
Number of times you saw a doctor,nurse, or health professional to get any kind for yourself in the past 12 months?
Number of visits you were advised by a doctor, or health professionalto quit smoking in the past 12 months?
Number of visits in the past 12 months, on which doctor, or health professional discussed medications to assist quitting smoking?
Number of visits in the past 12 months, on which doctor, or health professional discussed method and strategies other than medications to assist quitting smoking?

Body Weight
Body weight based on estimated BMI (Body Mass Index) status
Risk factor for overweight and obese

Emotional Support & Life Satisfaction
How often do you get the social, emotional support you need?
In general, how satisfied are you with your life?

Veteran's Status
Have you ever served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces, either in the regular military or in a National Guard or Reserve Unit?

Immunization: Flu and Pneumonia
Have you had a flu shot in the last 12 months?
Have you had a flu spray in the last 12 months?
Place of the last flu shot or flu spray
Have you had a pneumonia shot?

Arthritis Burden
Had pain, aching,stiffness, swelling in/around ajoint during past 30 days?
Did your joint symtoms first begin more than 3 months ago?
Ever seen a doctor/health professional for these joint symtoms?
Ever been told by a doctor/health professional you have some form of arthritis?
Are you limited anyway because of arthritis or joint symtoms?

Asthma
Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?
Do you still have asthma?
Adult asthma status
How old were you when you were first told that you had asthma?
During the past 12 months, have you had an asthma attack?
During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit emergency room or urgent care because of your asthma?
During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?
During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for a routine checkup for your asthma?
During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?
During the past 30 days, how often did you have any symptoms of asthma?
During the past 30 days, how many days did symptoms of asthma make it difficult for you to stay asleep?
During the past 30 days, how often did you take asthma prescription medication to prevent an asthma attack?
During the past 30 days, how often did you take asthma prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?

Diabetes
Have you ever told by doctor you have diabetes?
Age when told diabetic
Average age when told diabetic
Are you now taking insulin?
Are you now taking diabetes pills?
Number of times diabetic check blood for glucose or sugar
Number of times diabetic check feet for sores or irritations
Have you ever had any sores or irritations on your feet that took more than four weeks to heal?
Number of times visited health professional for diabetes last year
Number of times checked for (Glycosylated) Hemoglobin ""A one C"" in the past 12 months
Number of times health professional checked diabetic feet for sores/irritations in the past 12 months
Last diabetic eye exam in which pupils were dilated
Ever been told diabetes has affected eyes?
Have you ever taken a course or class in how to manage your diabetes yourself?

Hypertension Awareness & Action to control High Blood Pressure
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had high blood pressure?
Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?
Are you changing your eating habits to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Are you cutting down on salt to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Are you reducing alcohol use to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Are you exercising to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Have your doctor EVER advised you to change your eating habits to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Have your doctor EVER advised you to cut down on salt to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Have your doctor EVER advised you to reduce alcohol use to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Have your doctor EVER advised you to exercise to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Have your doctor EVER advised you to take medication to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
Were you told on two or more different visits to doctor, or other health professional that you had high blood pressure

Cholesterol Awareness
Ever had your blood cholesterol checked?
When was your last cholesterol checked?
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that your blood cholesterol was high?

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction?
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had angina or coronary heart disease?
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had a stroke?

Disability
Are you limited in any way because of health problems?
Do you have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment?

Women’s Health
Ever had a mammogram among women aged 18+?
Last mammogram among women age 18+
Ever had a breast exam among women aged 18+?
Last clinical breast exam among women aged 18+
Ever had a Pap smear among women aged 18+?
Last Pap smear among women aged 18+
Had a hysterectomy among women aged 18+?

Prostate Cancer Screening For Men Age 40+
Ever had a PSA test among men aged 40+?
Last PSA test for men aged 40+
Ever had a digital rectal exam among men aged 40+?
Last digital rectal exam among men aged 40+
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that you had prostate cancer (men aged 40+)?

Colorectal Cancer Among People Age 50+
Ever had a blood stool test using a home kit among people aged 50+?
Last blood stool test using a home kit among people aged 50+
Ever had a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy among people aged 50+?
Last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy among people aged 50+

HIV/AIDS (Everyone Aged 18-64)
Have you ever been tested for HIV, (not counting blood donation test)?
Period of last HIV testing
Place of HIV testing
High HIV risk situations such as using intravenous drugs, got sexually transmitted diseases, had anal sex without a condom, ...Do any of these situation apply to you?

Children with asthma and flu-vaccination
Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional EVER said that the child has asthma?
Does the child still have asthma?
Children asthma status
During the last 12 months, has the child had a flushot?
During the last 12 months, has the child had a flu vaccine sprayed in the nose?