The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to monitor state-level prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature morbidity and mortality. Data are collected on risk and preventive behaviors and chronic disease prevalence that are especially useful for planning, initiating, supporting, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs. The State of Alaska began the BRFSS in 1991 as a point-in-time study and has continued yearly since. The Alaska BRFSS is a collaborative project between the CDC and the Alaska Division of Public Health. Alaska?s data are combined with all other states and U.S. territories participating in surveillance to provide national estimates.