1999 Wyoming County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Wyoming 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	57.0	46.5		29.1	59.8	*	4
Obesity	21.4	22.7		19.4	16.9		9
Hypertension	29.6	22.7		24.5	-7.3		35
Diabetes Awareness	4.0	7.0	TS	5.9	TS	TS	20
Cigarette Smoking	31.1	33.6		22.5	49.2	*	3
Smokeless Tobacco Use	14.0	9.7	TS	3.0	TS	TS	13
Binge Drinking	17.8	2.5	TS	14.8	TS	TS	36
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.8	24.0		16.7	43.5	*	16
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	24.2	17.8		10.6	67.9	*	9
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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