1999 Ritchie County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Ritchie 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	52.3	42.0		29.1	44.4	*	9
Obesity	17.0	22.2		19.4	14.4		12
Hypertension	27.4	29.0		24.5	18.3		24
Diabetes Awareness	11.3	6.7	TS	5.9	TS	TS	23
Cigarette Smoking	26.0	31.3		22.5	39.2	*	8
Smokeless Tobacco Use	6.7	11.6	TS	3.0	285.1	*	7
Binge Drinking	8.6	8.7	TS	14.8	TS	TS	15
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	33.8	31.3		16.7	87.7	*	6
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	21.8	16.4		10.6	54.3	*	16
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.
Note: Two or more counties were grouped together to obtain an appropriate sample size.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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