2011 State of Hawaii
By Demographic Characteristics
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Florentina R. Salvail, M.S.; Dung-Hanh Nguyen, 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?

* Adults aged 18 years old and older

* Adults aged 18 to 64

Do you have one person or more than one you think of as your personal doctor(s)?

* All adults

* Adults aged 18 to 64

* Adults aged 65 years old and older

Seatbelt Use

How often do you use seatbelts when you drive or ride in a car?

Physical Activity

During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises?
Frequency of muscles-strengthening activities in the past month
Physical activity status

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 you last smoked cigarettes regularly?
Do you currently use chewing tobacco, snuff or snus everyday, some days, or not at all?
Do you know about the Hawaii Tobacco Quit Line?
How useful would you think that the Hawaii Tobacco Quitline may help smokers to quit smoking?

Body Weight

Body weight based on estimated BMI (Body Mass Index) status

* All adults

* Adults aged 20 years old and older

Fruits and Vegetables

Frequency of eating fruits and drinking 100% pure fruit juice
Frequency of eating vegetables, including beans and peas

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 vaccination in the last 12 months?

* Adults aged 18 years old and older

* Adults aged 18 to 64

* Adults aged 65 years old and older

Have you had a pneumonia shot?

* Adults aged 18 years old and older

* Adults aged 18 to 64

* Adults aged 65 and older

Asthma

Adults
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

Children
Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional EVER said that the child has asthma?
Does the child still have asthma?
Children asthma status

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Ever been told by a doctor or health professional that you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Kidney Disease

Ever been told by a doctor/health professional that you have kidney disease

Diabetes

Have you ever been told by doctor you have diabetes?
Age when told diabetic
Average age when told diabetic
Are you now taking insulin?
Number of times diabetics check blood for glucose or sugar
Number of times diabetics check feet for sores or irritations
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?

Pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes

Have you had a test for high blood sugar or diabetes within the past 3 years?
Have you ever been told by doctor or other health professional that you have pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes?

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

Hypertension Awareness

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?

Action to control High Blood Pressure

Are you changing you 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?

Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional advised you to change your eating habits to help lower or control your high blood pressure?

Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional advised you to cut down on salt to help lower or control your high blood pressure?

Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional advised you to reduce alchohol to help lower or control your high blood pressure?

Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional advised you to exercise to help lower or control your high blood pressure?

Has a doctor, nurse or other health professional advised you to take medication to help lower or control your high blood pressure?

Were you told on two or more different visits to a doctor or othe health professional that you had high blood pressure?

Cholesterol Awareness

Had your blood cholesterol checked
Most recent cholesterol check
Told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that your blood cholesterol was high

Disability

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

Arthritis Burden

Ever been told by a doctor/health professional you have some form of arthritis
Are you limited in anyway because of arthritis or joint symptoms?
Do arthritis/joint symptoms now affect your work (work for pay) in any ways?
During the past 30 days, how did your arthritis/joint symptoms affect your social activities?
During the past 30 days, how bad (scaled from 0 to 10) was your joint pain on average?
Mean level of joint pain among adults with arthritis in the past 30 days

Women’s Health

Ever had a mammogram

* Women aged 18 years old and older

* Women aged 40 years old and older

Last mammogram

* Women aged 18 years old and older

* Women aged 40 years old and older

Ever had a breast exam

* Women aged 18 years old and older

* Women aged 40 years old and older

Last breast exam

* Women aged 18 years old and older

* Women aged 40 years old and older

Prostate Cancer Screening among Men Age 40+

Has a doctor EVER recommended that you have a PSA test?
Have you ever had a PSA test?
Last PSA test
Main reason for your PSA test
Before your PSA test, did a doctor EVER talk with you about the advantages of the PSA test?
Before your PSA test, did a doctor EVER talk with you about the disadvantages of the PSA test?
Ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that you had prostate cancer

Colorectal Cancer Screening among adults age 50+

Ever had a blood stool test using a home kit
Last blood stool test using a home kit
Ever had a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy
Last sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
Was your MOST RECENT examination called a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy?

HIV/AIDS

Have you ever been tested for HIV, (not counting blood donation test)?
Period of last HIV testing
Any of high HIV risk situations apply to you