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BRFSS 2001 Survey Data and Documentation
2011 BRFSS Overview [PDF – 53 KB]
Provides information on the background, design, data collection and processing, statistical, and analytical issues.
2001 BRFSS Codebook [PDF – 717 KB]
Codebook for the file showing variable name, location, and frequency of values for all reporting areas combined.
Comparability of Data [PDF – 66 KB]
Comparability of data across reporting areas.
BRFSS Modules Used by State
BRFSS Modules Used by Category
Arranged by state or by category for the combined landline and cell phone data set.
There are 212,510 records for 2001. More information on participation is available in the States Conducting Surveillance by Year table.
2001 BRFSS Data (ASCII) [ZIP – 19 MB]
Data Updated October 8, 2004
This file is in ASCII format. It has a fixed record length of 950 positions.
Variable Layout [PDF – 23 KB]
Format information on variable name by column position.
2001 BRFSS Data (SAS Transport Format) [ZIP – 34 MB]
Data Updated October 8, 2004
This file was exported from SAS V8.2 in the XPT transport format. This file contains 294 variables. This format can be imported into SPSS or STATA. Please note: some of the variable labels get truncated in the process of converting to the XPT format so they may be slightly different from what is on the SASOUT01.SAS program.
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.
Format01.sas [SAS – 91 KB]
SAS for Windows program used to generate the 2001 format library.
format01.sc2 [SC2 – 332 KB]
Format library used with the 2001 BRFSS SAS Data File.
sasout01.sas [SAS – 31 KB]
SAS for Windows program to convert the ASCII file into a SAS dataset.
transprt [SAS – 3 KB]
SAS for Windows program to convert the XPT (SAS Transport) file into a SAS dataset.
formas01.sas [SAS – 10 KB]
SAS for Windows format assignment statements.