1999 Raleigh County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Raleigh 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	50.6	41.8		29.1	43.5	*	10
Obesity	21.1	25.5		19.4	31.7	*	5
Hypertension	29.0	35.1		24.5	43.5	*	6
Diabetes Awareness	6.6	7.6		5.9	29.3		14
Cigarette Smoking	27.5	30.6		22.5	35.9	*	10
Smokeless Tobacco Use	11.9	9.9		3.0	229.1	*	12
Binge Drinking	7.3	4.0	TS	14.8	TS	TS	34
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	17.9	21.5		16.7	28.6	*	22
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	18.0	16.5		10.6	56.1	*	14
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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