About This Source

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based telephone survey which is performed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories.

Included in the BRFSS are CDC's Healthy Days measures. More details about these measures: https://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/methods.htm

Methodology

How

"The BRFSS survey is administered to a small random sample of the Oklahoma adult population. These data are then weighted to produce estimates of the Oklahoma adult population. Frequencies, percentages, weighted frequencies, combined years of information, and confidence intervals can be generated."

Who Collected
CDC
Who Owns
CDC, Oklahoma State Department of Health
Sample Population

The survey is a state-based telephone survey which is "administered to a small random sample of the Oklahoma adult population."

Quality

The data is weighted based on the random sample, which is then used to create estimates.