Summary Matrix of Calculated Variables (CV) in the 2022 Data File
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2022, Summary Martix |
| Description or Result of Calculation |
Input Variables (From Questionnaire) |
Intermediate and Output Variables used in calculations |
Output Variables (In Final Data Set) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 1: Health Status | |||
| CV for fair or poor general health | GENHLTH | _RFHLTH | |
| Section 2: Healthy Days | |||
| CV for days of not good physical health | PHYSHLTH | _PHYS14D | |
| CV for days of not good mental health | MENTHLTH | _MENT14D | |
| Section 3: Health Care Access | |||
| CV for respondents that have any form of health insurance | PRIMINSR | _HLTHPLN | |
| CV for respondents aged 18-64 years that have any form of health insurance | PRIMINSR, AGE | _HCVU652 | |
| Section 4: Exercise | |||
| CV for no leisure time physical activity | EXERANY2 | _TOTINDA | |
| Section 6: Oral Health | |||
| CV for having had permanent teeth extracted | RMVTETH4 | _EXTETH3 | |
| CV for having had all permanent teeth extracted | AGE, RMVTETH4 | _ALTETH3 | |
| CV for having visited a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental clinic within the past year | LASTDEN4 | _DENVST3 | |
| Section 7: Chronic Health Conditions | |||
| CV for respondents that reported having coronary heart disease or mycardial infarction | CVDINFR4, CVDCRHD4 | _MICHD | |
| CV for lifetime asthma prevalence | ASTHMA3 | _LTASTH1 | |
| CV for current asthma prevalence | ASTHMA3, ASTHNOW | _CASTHM1 | |
| Computed asthma status | ASTHMA3, ASTHNOW | _ASTHMS1 | |
| CV for respondents that have had a doctor diagnose them as having some form of arthritis | HAVARTH4 | _DRDXAR2 | |
| Section 8: Demographics | |||
| CV for Hispanic, Latino or Spanish categorization | HISPANC3 | _HISPANC | |
| Computed race groups used for internet prevalence tables | _RACE1, _IMPRACE | _RACEPR1 | |
| Calculated sex variable | BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR | _SEX | |
| 18-24 and then 5-year age groupings to 80+. | AGE | _AGEG5YR | |
| 18-64 and 65+ age groupings. | AGE | _AGE65YR | |
| CV for imputed age collapsed above 80 | AGE | _IMPAGE | _AGE80 |
| 18-64 and 65+ 10 year age groupings. | AGE | _IMPAGE | _AGE_G |
| CV for height in inches | HEIGHT3 | HTIN4 | |
| CV for height in meters | HEIGHT3 | HTIN4 | HTM4 |
| CV for weight in kilograms | WEIGHT2 | WTKG3 | |
| Calculated Body Mass Index | PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 | HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3 | _BMI5 |
| Tri-level weight variable (normal, overweight, obese) based on Body Mass Index | PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 | HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3, _BMI5 | _BMI5CAT |
| CV for Overweight or Obese Body Mass Index level | PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 | HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3, _BMI5 | _RFBMI5 |
| Calculated number of children in household | CHILDREN | _CHLDCNT | |
| Calculated education level completed | EDUCA | _EDUCAG | |
| Section 10: Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening | |||
| CV for women age 40 and older that have not had a mammogram in past 2 years | BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR, AGE, HADMAM, HOWLONG | _RFMAM22 | |
| CV for women age 50-74 that have had a mammogram in past 2 years | BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR, AGE, HADMAM, and HOWLONG | _MAM5023 | |
| Section 11: Colorectal Cancer Screening | |||
| CV for having a colonoscopy | HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM | _HADCOLN | |
| CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a colonoscopy within the past ten years | AGE, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, COLNTES1 | _HADCOLN | _CLNSCP1 |
| CV for having a sigmoidoscopy | HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM | _HADSIGM | |
| CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past five years | AGE, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, SIGMTES1 | _HADSIGM | _SGMSCP1 |
| CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past ten years | AGE, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, SIGMTES1 | _HADSIGM | _SGMS101 |
| CV for age 45-75 that have not had a blood stool test within the past year | COLNCNCR, SMALSTOL, STOLTEST, AGE | _RFBLDS5 | |
| CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a stool DNA test within the past 3 years | AGE, COLNCNCR, STOOLDN2, SDNATES1 | _STOLDN1 | |
| CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a virtual colonoscopy within the past 5 years | AGE, COLNCNCR, VIRCOLO1, VCLNTES2 | _VIRCOL1 | |
| CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past ten years and a blood stool test in the past year. | AGE, COLNCNCR, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, SIGMTES1, SMALSTOL, STOLTEST | _SGMS101, _RFBLDS5 | _SBONTI1 |
| CV for age 45-75 who have fully met the USPSTF recommendations | HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, COLNTES1, SIGMTES1, LASTSIG4, COLNCNCR, VIRCOLO1, VCLNTES2, SMALSTOL, STOLTEST, STOOLDN2, BLDSTFIT, SDNATES1, AGE | _RFBLDS5, _SGMSCP1, _CLNSCP1, _STOLDN1, _VIRCOL1, _SBONTI1 | _CRCREC2 |
| Section 12: Tobacco Use | |||
| Smoking Status: Everyday smoker, someday smoker, former smoker and non smoker | SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 | _SMOKER3 | |
| CV for current smoking status | SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 | _SMOKER3 | _RFSMOK3 |
| Section 13: Lung Cancer Screening | |||
| CV for number of years smoked cigarettes | AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 | _SMOKER3, LCSFIRST_, LCSLAST_ | _YRSSMOK |
| CV for number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day | LCSNUMCG | LCSNUMCG_ | _PACKDAY |
| CV for number of years smoked reported number of packs per day | AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, LCSNUMCG | _YRSSMOK, _PACKDAY | _PACKYRS |
| CV for number of years since quit smoking cigarettes | AGE, LCSLAST | _IMPAGE, LCSLAST_ | _YRSQUIT |
| CV for current smoker, 20+ Pack Years | AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, LCSNUMCG, LCSLAST, SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 | SMOKER3, _PACKYRS, _YRSQUIT | _SMOKGRP |
| CV for current and former smokers who had CAT/CT scan in last year | ‘AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, LCSNUMCG, LCSLAST, SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2, LCSSCNCR, LCSCTWHN | _IMPAGE, _SMOKGRP | _LCSREC |
| Section 15: Immunization | |||
| CV for respondents aged 65 and older that have had a flu shot within the past year | AGE, FLUSHOT7 | _FLSHOT7 | |
| CV for respondent aged 65 and older that have ever had a pneumonia vaccine | PNEUVAC4 | _PNEUMO3 | |
| Section 16: HIV/AIDS | |||
| CV for having ever been tested for HIV | HIVTST7 | _AIDTST4 | |