1997 Harrison County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Harrison County and Estimated 1997 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1992 County Percent	1997 County Percent	SI*	1997 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 U.S	SI*	County Rank
Physical Inactivity	42.2	39.6		29.7	33.3	*	25
Obesity	19.2	18.1		17.0	6.6		27
Hypertension	29.9	25.2		23.3	8.4		28
Seatbelt Nonuse	39.5	29.7	*	27.0	10.0		22
Cigarette Smoking	28.1	24.1		23.0	4.9		24
Smokeless Tobacco Use	9.7	7.0		3.7	90.2	*	27
Binge Drinking	7.3	8.2	TS	13.5	TS	TS	25
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	22.9	19.9		16.9	17.7		22
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	14.7	14.0		10.6	31.6	*	24
Category	1992 County Percent	1997 County Percent	SI*	1997 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 U.S	SI*	County Rank

* An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
TS: Number is too small for a valid comparison.
N.A. = Not Available.
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.
Note: The range for county ranks in this column is 1 to 36.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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