1997 West Virginia Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 West Virginia and Estimated 1997 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1992 WV Percent	1997 WV Percent	SI*	1997 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Differnce 1997 WV from 1997 U.S	SI*
Physical Inactivity	42.2	42.7		29.7	43.8	*
Obesity	16.9	21.3	*	17.0	25.4	*
Hypertension	25.0	27.7	*	23.3	18.7	*
Seatbelt Nonuse	40.4	30.3	*	27.0	12.3	*
Cigarette Smoking	25.7	27.0		23.0	17.4	*
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.7	8.4		3.7	127.2	*
Binge Drinking	9.5	10.5		13.5	-22.3	*
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.8	21.5		16.9	27.2	*
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.6	15.6		10.6	46.7	*
Category	1992 WV Percent	1997 WV Percent	SI*	1997 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Differnce 1997 WV from 1997 U.S	SI*

* Significance Indicator. An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
Note: 1992 represents aggregated data from 1990-94;
1997 represents aggregated data from 1995-99.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1996 due to lack of data for 1997.
Note: West Virginia's seatbelt use law went into effect on September 1, 1993.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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