Cigarette smoking among reproductive-aged women — Behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 1989

Cigarette smoking among reproductive-aged women--Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1989.

Women who smoke cigarettes are at increased risk not only for chronic diseases (e.g., lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) but--if they use oral contraceptives--also for myocardial infarction (1). In addition, cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases the risk for low birth weight and premature infants, miscarriage, stillbirth, sudden infant death syndrome, and infant morta...

Trends in Selected Chronic Conditions and Behavioral Risk Factors Among Women of Reproductive Age, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001-2009

INTRODUCTION Some potentially modifiable risk factors and chronic conditions cause significant disease and death during pregnancy and promote the development of chronic disease. This study describes recent trends of modifiable risk factors and controllable chronic conditions among reproductive-aged women. METHODS Data from the 2001 to 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a represe...

Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Stroke and its Subtypes Among Middle-Aged Japanese Men and Women

Background and Purpose—We examined sex-specific relationships of smoking with risk of total stroke and stroke subtypes in Asian populations because of the limited data available. Methods—A total of 19 782 men and 21 500 women aged 40 to 59 years who were free of prior diagnosis of stroke, coronary heart disease, or cancer and reported their smoking status were followed in the Japan Public Healt...

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The Hawaii Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2 Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge the adult residents of Hawaii who voluntarily participated in the HBRFSS. Without their participation this report as well as other studies derived from HBRFSS would not have been made possible. We would also like to thank staff at the Department of Health especially Dr. Alvin T. Onaka, Chief of Office of Health Status Monitoring (OHSM) and OHSM sta...