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Category | 1992 County Percent |
1997 County Percent |
SI* | 1997 Estimated U.S. Percent |
% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 U.S |
SI* | County Rank |
Physical Inactivity | 44.2 | 50.1 | ![]() |
29.7 | 68.7 | * | 9 |
Obesity | 15.8 | 22.2 | ![]() |
17.0 | 30.9 | ![]() |
16 |
Hypertension | 24.0 | 35.0 | ![]() |
23.3 | 50.0 | * | 2 |
Seatbelt Nonuse | 48.1 | 31.3 | * | 27.0 | 16.0 | ![]() |
14 |
Cigarette Smoking | 20.6 | 25.7 | ![]() |
23.0 | 11.8 | ![]() |
21 |
Smokeless Tobacco Use | 11.4 | 14.0 | TS | 3.7 | TS | TS | 2 |
Binge Drinking | 3.2 | 5.3 | TS | 13.5 | TS | TS | 32 |
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64 | 22.0 | 34.9 | ![]() |
16.9 | 106.5 | * | 2 |
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost | 14.1 | 20.7 | ![]() |
10.6 | 95.7 | * | 5 |
Category | 1992 County Percent |
1997 County Percent |
SI* | 1997 Estimated U.S. Percent |
% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 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: 1992 represents aggregated data from 1990-94;
1997 represents aggregated data from 1995-99.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1996 due to lack of data for 1997.
Note: West Virginia's seatbelt use law went into effect on September 1, 1993.
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 7, 2001.
If you have further questions about West Virginia vital statistics data, you may contact the Health Statistics Center at:
Phone: 304-558-9100
Email:dhhrvitalreg@wv.gov
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