Surveys from the Minnesota Center for Health Statistics

Design and implementation of public health surveys is a core function of the Minnesota Center for Health Statistics. Our team plays a lead role in the following statewide surveys. Follow the links below to learn more about each of these important public health surveys.

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS): Minnesota BRFSS is a telephone survey that collects data on many topics, including smoking, overweight/obesity, physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, chronic disease prevalence, and access to health care.
• Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (MATS): MATS is the most thorough source of information about tobacco behaviors, attitudes and beliefs in Minnesota and helps measure the progress of Minnesota’s comprehensive tobacco control program. 
• Minnesota Student Survey (MSS): The MSS is administered every three years to students in fifth, eighth, ninth, and 11th grades. It includes questions about a wide variety of youth behaviors, both related to risk and to positive behavior and connections. 
• Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey (MYTS): MYTS measures the use of different types of commercial tobacco products and vaping). It also measures to tobacco advertising, secondhand smoke, and e-cigarette aerosol.
• School Health Profiles Survey: School Health Profiles is a survey of middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers throughout the United States. It monitors school health policies and practices.

Other programs at the Minnesota Department of Health also conduct surveys. To learn more about current MDH phone surveys, please visit MDH Phone Surveys.