Access the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Access the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence/index.html
Under Prevalence and Trends Data, select the following:
State: California
Year: 2016
Category: Tobacco Use
Scroll down and click the link for Tobacco Use
Under the drop-down, select Current Smoking Status
According to the CDC data, 7.9% of Californian adults smoked everyday.
How does this compare to previous years?
Click the "View Trend Data" tab.
a. Write one (1) sentence explaining this trend. NOTE: Use APA-formatted citation and references (6th edition). The following is an example of one sentence with a properly-formatted citation and reference:
In the period from 2011 to 2012, Californian adults who smoked everyday decreased from 8.6% to 7.9% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012).
b. Now, you explore this data set by selecting a different category, different state or different years. This should be very useful in writing prevalence statements regarding behaviors.
CDC BRFSS Data Analysis: Tobacco Use in California (2016)
a. How does this compare to previous years? According to the CDC BRFSS data, the percentage of Californian adults who smoked everyday steadily decreased from 2011 (8.6%) to 2016 (7.9%), indicating a continuous downward trend in daily smoking prevalence (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). Reference: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). BRFSS Prevalence and Trends Data. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence/index.html b. Now, you explore this data set by selecting a different category, different state or different years. Let's explore the trend for Heavy Drinking in Massachusetts from 2011 to 2016. Data Accessed:- State: Massachusetts
- Year: 2016 (and then "View Trend Data" for previous years)
- Category: Alcohol Consumption
- Question: Heavy Drinking (Adults aged 18+ who have had more than 2 drinks per day on average for men, or more than 1 drink per day on average for women)