Originally published in 2014, Tennessee’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2013 report examines the results of some of the survey questions, and the trends for specific risk factors. This report gives BRFSS data collected for the prevalence estimates of smoking, overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, hypertension awareness, diabetes, and blood cholesterol awareness, all contributors to heart disease, stroke, and other chronic diseases for the years 2011-2013. Also collected are data for the percentage of women aged 40 and over that had a mammogram within the last two years of the report (2011-2013); a preventive measure in the reduction of cancer. Other risk factors presented are for the incidence of fair or poor health, alcohol consumption, and persons without health care coverage.
