Center for Health Data and Analysis

Information on departmental databases and how to access them

Rhode Island Health Interview Survey (RI-HIS) measures a wide variety of health topics on adults and children, including health status, healthcare access and utilization, and healthcare coverage.

Behavioral Risk factor Survey (BRFS) measures a number of health risk behaviors among adults 18 years and older, including smoking, exercise, diet, alcohol consumption, healthcare coverage, and health status.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a survey of students in grades 9-12 and measures health risk behaviors that contribute to  injuries; tobacco, alcohol and other drug use; unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity.

Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) is a survey of students in grades 6-8 and 9-12 that measures the use of a variety of tobacco products as well as exposure to tobacco smoke and knowledge and attitudes regarding tobacco use and advertising.

Adolescent Substance Abuse Survey (ASAS) is a survey of students in grades 7-12 and measures the level of substance use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, other licit and illicit substances, as well as other related information on perceptions of risk and approval toward the use of such substances.

CODES (Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System) 
A research effort that seeks to link records from motor vehicle crashes to Hospital discharge data in order to measure the morbidity, mortality and hospital costs that result from these crashes.