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cdc-page-offset syndicate container"> <div class="cdc-dfe-body "> <div class="cdc-dfe-body__top "> <div class="dfe-section dfe-section--page-summary summary-blurb summary-list" data-section="cdc_data_surveillance_summary"> <div class="dfe-section__header"> <h2>Key points</h2> </div> <div class="dfe-section__content"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">BRFSS offers an optional industry and occupation module.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">State participation in the industry and occupation module varies by year.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Learn how to access this restricted-use data set.<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">We offer tips for BRFSS interviewers collecting this information.<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="dfe-section__image" id="page-summary-image"> <figure class="dfe-image dfe-image__large"><div class="image-container calculated-ratio-16-9 aspect-ratio-16-9"><img src="/niosh/media/images/pubnumberimagebrfss_2.png" alt="cover page of the Statistical Brief for the BRFSS industry and occupation optional module."></div></figure> </div> <div id="nav-buttons"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cdc-dfe-body__center "> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_data_surveillance_section_1"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_data_surveillance_section_1-the-industry-and-occupation-module" name="The%20industry%20and%20occupation%20module" title="The industry and occupation module"></a><h2>The industry and occupation module</h2> <p>CDC's <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html">Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)</a> includes optional modules that states and territories can elect to include in their surveys. The BRFSS industry and occupation optional module collects important demographic information about the type of work done by employed adults. </p> <p>This optional module is a good source for <a href="/niosh/surveillance/about/index.html">worker health and safety surveillance</a> data.</p> <p>If a survey participant is employed<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_1" aria-label="Footnote link A">A</a></span>, they are asked:</p> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">"What kind of business or industry do you work in, for example, hospital, elementary school, clothing manufacturing, restaurant?" (Industry)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">"What kind of work do you do, for example, registered nurse, janitor, cashier, auto mechanic?" (Occupation)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Participants' responses are <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/coding/code.html" class="">coded</a> to standardized industry and occupation numeric codes using the <a href="https://csams.cdc.gov/nioccs/">NIOSH Industry and Occupation Computerized Coding System</a> and human coders.</p> <div class="dfe-block dfe-callout dfe-callout--standard"><div class="dfe-callout__icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img"></div> <h3>Request access to the industry and occupation data&lrm;&lrm;</h3> <div class="dfe-callout__body"><div class="callout-desc">The BRFSS industry and occupation data are not publicly available. If you want to analyze these data, please contact CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/rdc/index.htm" class="">Research Data Center (RDC)</a>.<br><br>Access the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/annual_data.htm" class="">BRFSS</a> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/annual_data.htm">public-use datasets.</a></div> </div></div> <div class="dfe-block dfe-block--keep_reading"><b>Keep Reading:</b> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html">More about the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)</a></div> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_data_surveillance_section_2"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_data_surveillance_section_2-data-description-by-year" name="Data%20description%20by%20year" title="Data description by year"></a><h2>Data description by year</h2> <div class="accordions"> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-_so9bnUkmL" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-_so9bnUkmL" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2022</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-_so9bnUkmL"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span>172,387<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work < 1 year: 6,157<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 154,394 (86.5%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 146,484 (82.0%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">41 states and territories used this module: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, Virgin Islands<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-ubx4PxyXnH" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-ubx4PxyXnH" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2021</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-ubx4PxyXnH"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 110,786<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work <1 year: 4,794<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 102,747 (94.8%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 97,369 (89.8%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">22 states and territories used this module: California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Guam<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-6XAVRODztA" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-6XAVRODztA" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2020</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-6XAVRODztA"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 91,643<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work <1 year: 7,085<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 86,668 (95.4%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 82,869 (91.2%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">24 states and territories used this module: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Guam<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-K-GUyJYL9Q" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-K-GUyJYL9Q" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2019</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-K-GUyJYL9Q"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 99,814<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work <1 year: 3,867<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 92,370 (96.1%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 89,434 (93.0%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">25 states used this module: California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-SCI8AAAkS0" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-SCI8AAAkS0" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2018</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-SCI8AAAkS0"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 122,957<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work <1 year: 4,649<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 113,015 (95.8%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 107,083 (90.8%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">30 states used this module: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-qfb6iPkTUa" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-qfb6iPkTUa" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2017</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-qfb6iPkTUa"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 91,307<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work <1 year: 3,800<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 84,325 (96.7%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 81,771 (93.9%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">22 states used this module: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-y30Cs8oL7D" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-y30Cs8oL7D" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2016</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-y30Cs8oL7D"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 121,501<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work <1 year: 4,976<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry: 112,825 (95.4%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 109,597 (92.7%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">25 states used this module: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-lwjAzkmnkQ" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-lwjAzkmnkQ" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2015</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-lwjAzkmnkQ"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 100,700<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work for < 1 year: 4,128<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry 95,562 (91.2%),<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 92,586 (88.3%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">25 states used this module: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-0EstLN3BHs" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-0EstLN3BHs" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2014</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-0EstLN3BHs"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 104,885<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work for < 1 year: 4,183<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry 101,722 (93.3%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 98,060 (89.9%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">25 states used this module: Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-84uhlGpBdB" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-84uhlGpBdB" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>2013</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-84uhlGpBdB"> <div class="accordion-body"> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1">Number of currently employed respondents:<span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_2" aria-label="Footnote link B">B</a></span> 102,258<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number of respondents out of work for < 1 year: 5,069<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">Number (%) of codable records included in the dataset:<ul> <li class="level-2">industry 92,960 (86.6%)<ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-2">occupation: 89,342 (83.2%)<ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1">21 states used this module: California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin. <span class="cdc-footnotes-cite"><a class="cdc-footnotes-cite__link" href="#cdcfootnote_3" aria-label="Footnote link C">C</a></span><ul> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_data_surveillance_section_3"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_data_surveillance_section_3-strengths-and-limitations" name="Strengths%20and%20limitations" title="Strengths and limitations"></a><h2>Strengths and limitations</h2> <p>If you use the BRFSS industry and occupation data, please note the following data strengths and limitations.</p> <div class="accordions"> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-dMay46S-u7" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-dMay46S-u7" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>Strengths</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-dMay46S-u7"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>The large sample size allows for analyses of major and detailed industry and occupation groups.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-3K-3E2GtIj" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-3K-3E2GtIj" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>Limitations</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-3K-3E2GtIj"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>Not all states collect this data, so the data are not nationally representative. You can still compare between years, just restrict your comparisons to states that administered the module in those years.</p> <p> BRFSS data are not representative of individual industries and occupations, or active-duty military.</p> <p> Some industries and occupations may be misclassified due to non-specific responses.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dfe-section" data-section="cdc_data_surveillance_section_4"> <a class="onThisPageAnchor" id="cdc_data_surveillance_section_4-resources-and-publications" name="Resources%20and%20publications" title="Resources and publications"></a><h2>Resources and publications</h2> <div class="dfe-block dfe-callout dfe-callout--standard"><div class="dfe-callout__icon" aria-hidden="true" role="img"></div> <h3>Chart the data&lrm;</h3> <div class="dfe-callout__body"><div class="callout-desc"><p>You can use the <a href="https://wwwn.cdc.gov/Niosh-whc/">NIOSH Worker Health Charts</a> tool to quickly analyze industry and occupation data trends without requesting access to the data.</p><p><br></p></div> </div></div> <div class="accordions"> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-4AU6CmsmUn" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-4AU6CmsmUn" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>Tips for BRFSS interviewers</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-4AU6CmsmUn"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>The following materials provide guidance for BRFSS interviewers on how to collect high quality industry and occupation data.</p> <ul class="nested-list"> <li class="level-1"><a href="/niosh/media/pdfs/Training_How-to-capture-high-quality-industry-and-occupation-responses.pdf" class="" target="_blank">How to Capture High Quality Industry and Occupation Responses 2022 [PDF – 2 MB]<span aria-label=" pdf icon" role="img" class="sr-only"></span><span class="cdc-link-icon cdc-link-icon--pdf" aria-hidden="true"></span></a><ul> </ul> </li> <li class="level-1"><a href="/niosh/media/pdfs/BRFSS_TipSheet_2022.pdf" class="" target="_blank">Tips for BRFSS Interviewers 2022 [PDF – 93 KB]<span aria-label=" pdf icon" role="img" class="sr-only"></span><span class="cdc-link-icon cdc-link-icon--pdf" aria-hidden="true"></span></a><ul> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Learn more general tips about <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/coding/collect.html">collecting industry and occupation data</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-Z_jPBNetHr" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-Z_jPBNetHr" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>Statistical brief</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-Z_jPBNetHr"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2022-125/" class="">Statistical Brief for the BRFSS Industry and Occupation Optional Module</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-5yz4DUvYK9" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-5yz4DUvYK9" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>Search for journal articles</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-5yz4DUvYK9"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p>See the NIOSHTIC-2 database search results on <a href="https://www2a.cdc.gov/nioshtic-2/BuildQyr.asp?s1=journal+article&f1=DT&t1=0&s2=BRFSS&f2=*&t2=1&s3=%27Behavioral+Risk+Factor+Surveillance+System%27&f3=*&terms=3&Adv=1&n=new&View=b&Startyear=&EndYear=&whichdate=DP&D1=10&Limit=500&Sort=DP+DESC&ct=&B1=Search%20">BRFSS</a>. NIOSHTIC-2 is a database of occupational safety and health publications funded in whole or in part by NIOSH.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion-item"> <h3 class="accordion-header"> <button aria-controls="accordion-panel-lPLRB2y-Nf" aria-expanded="true" class="accordion-button collapsed" data-bs-target="#accordion-panel-lPLRB2y-Nf" data-bs-toggle="collapse" type="button"> <span>Search for state reports</span> </button> </h3> <div class="accordion-collapse collapse" id="accordion-panel-lPLRB2y-Nf"> <div class="accordion-body"> <p><a href="https://wwwn.cdc.gov/niosh-statedocs/Documents.aspx?p=BRFSS&submitphrase=++Search++" class="">Find BRFSS state reports, newsletters, and presentations.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cdc-dfe-body__right page-right-rail"> <aside class="page-right-rail__static noindex" role="complementary"> <div class="on-this-page " data-sid=""> <h2 class="on-this-page__heading"> On This 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