Title: Health-Related Quality of Life Data Available

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Section/SPIG: Epidemiology

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Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) prevalence and trend data for U.S. adults from the 1993--2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is now available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HRQOL Web site, including:

• Eight health status and HRQOL measures derived from the first four questions on the BRFSS.
• Trend charts and prevalence estimates for each of 11 years.
• Estimates with 95 percent confidence intervals.
• Each state and nationwide.
• Annual age, sex, or race/ethnicity breakdowns.

To see the graphs and trend data for a particular state or nationwide, go to the CDC HRQOL Web site at <http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/> and click on the "Prevalence Data" link in the left column.