1999 Jefferson County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Jefferson County and Estimated 1999 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1994 County Percent	1999 County Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 County from 1999 U.S	SI*	County Rank
Physical Inactivity	48.2	29.4	*	29.1	0.9		33
Obesity	16.8	16.2		19.4	-16.5		32
Hypertension	20.0	27.1		24.5	10.8		29
Diabetes Awareness	4.4	8.5	TS	5.9	43.3		8
Cigarette Smoking	30.8	33.3		22.5	47.9	*	4
Smokeless Tobacco Use	7.2	2.1	TS	3.0	TS	TS	36
Binge Drinking	22.1	10.1	TS	14.8	TS	TS	8
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	15.2	15.0		16.7	-10.3		34
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	10.0	8.6	TS	10.6	TS	TS	36
Category	1994 County Percent	1999 County Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 County from 1999 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: 1994 represents aggregated data from 1992-96;
1999 represents aggregated data from 1997-2001.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1998 due to lack of data for 1999.
Note: The U.S. percent for difficulty seeing Dr. due to cost is for 1997 due to lack of data for 1999.
Note: The range for county ranks in this column is 1 to 36.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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