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BRFSS Annual Survey Data


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States conducting surveillance, by year.

Survey Data and Documentation

 

Available Survey Data
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996
1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984


1992 Survey Data

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Data Files

There are 96,213 records for 1992. More information on participation is available in the states conducting surveillance, by year table. The data files are provided in both ASCII and SAS Transport formats.

1992 BRFSS Data (ASCII)

This file is in ASCII format. It has a fixed record length of 500 positions.

ZIP File 6Mb

1992 BRFSS Data (SAS Transport Format)

This file was exported from SAS V8.2 in the XPT transport format. This file contains 181 variables. This format can be imported into SPSS or STATA. Please note: some of the variable labels are truncated in the process of converting to the XPT format so they may be slightly different from what is on the SASOUT92.TXT program.

ZIP File 10Mb

Variable Layout

Tables describing the contents by column numbers of the data in ASCII format.

RTF File 633K

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SAS Resources

The following files are included for use with SAS software developed by SAS Institute Inc. The SAS files are programs that can be read using any text editor. Save SAS files as plain text files.

sasout92.sas

SAS for Windows input statement and value labels to assist in developing the SAS program to convert the ASCII file into a SAS dataset.

SAS File 52.4K


transprt.sas

SAS for Windows program to convert the XPT file into a SAS dataset.

Icon Representing SAS File 3K

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File Formats

A word about file formats: The BRFSS Survey Data and documentation are available in several different file formats. Each available format is described below.
Icon Representing RTF Files Rich Text Format File (RTF). This format contains plain text and allows for basic formatting. Use a word processor to view and edit these files.
Icon Representing ZIP Files Zip Archive File (ZIP). The zip format contains one or more files within it and is compressed to minimize the file's size. Use any zip utility to unzip these archives.
Icon Representing SAS Files SAS Instruction File (SAS). This format contains plain text which can be edited with a text editor. The instructions are intended for statistical analysis software developed by SAS Institute, Inc.
Icon Representing SAS Files SAS Version 8 Catalog File (SAS7BCAT). This format requires the use of statistical analysis software developed by SAS Institute, Inc.
Icon Representing SAS Files SAS Version 8 Datasets File (SAS7BDAT). This format requires the use of statistical analysis software developed by SAS Institute, Inc.
Icon Representing XPT Files SAS Transport File (XPT). This format allows data sets created by the SAS software to be imported directly into other statistical software such as Stata or SPSS.
Icon Representing PDF Files Portable Document Format File (PDF). This format allows formatting that enables full document navigation. You will need Acrobat Reader (a free application) to view and print this document.
Icon Representing TXT Files Plain Text File (TXT). This format contains simple text. Use any text editor to view and edit these files.
Icon Representing comma-separated values files CSV Instruction File (CSV). This format is a comma-delimited text file which can be imported by most analysis software.

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Available Survey Data
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996
1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984

 

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