1997 Wayne County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Wayne 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	39.9	37.0		29.7	24.6		30
Obesity	18.1	18.9		17.0	11.4		25
Hypertension	25.4	28.2		23.3	21.1		17
Seatbelt Nonuse	43.3	37.8		27.0	39.9	*	6
Cigarette Smoking	22.1	30.0		23.0	30.3	*	11
Smokeless Tobacco Use	7.2	9.2	TS	3.7	TS	TS	17
Binge Drinking	7.5	7.7	TS	13.5	TS	TS	27
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	19.0	29.3		16.9	73.4	*	6
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	23.5	18.8		10.6	77.4	*	10
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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