1997 Raleigh County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Raleigh 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	40.4	55.6	*	29.7	87.2	*	6
Obesity	18.7	26.9	*	17.0	58.4	*	5
Hypertension	26.3	31.7		23.3	35.8	*	6
Seatbelt Nonuse	36.6	25.6	*	27.0	-5.3		33
Cigarette Smoking	26.3	30.3		23.0	31.9	*	10
Smokeless Tobacco Use	9.8	10.4		3.7	181.8	*	11
Binge Drinking	5.0	4.9	TS	13.5	TS	TS	34
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	21.6	15.7		16.9	-7.2		32
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	18.5	16.5		10.6	55.4	*	17
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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