1999 Kanawha County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Kanawha 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	35.5	33.1		29.1	13.7	*	26
Obesity	18.4	21.3		19.4	9.5		15
Hypertension	26.8	31.9	*	24.5	30.1	*	14
Diabetes Awareness	4.8	8.1	*	5.9	36.6	*	12
Cigarette Smoking	25.7	26.9		22.5	19.5	*	22
Smokeless Tobacco Use	5.3	6.8		3.0	125.8	*	30
Binge Drinking	11.1	9.3		14.8	-36.8	*	11
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	17.1	18.7		16.7	11.8		29
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	15.8	13.4		10.6	26.4	*	27
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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