1997 Berkeley County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Berkeley County and Estimated 1997 U.S. Prevalences

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	44.6	40.9		29.7	37.8	*	20
Obesity	19.0	24.9		17.0	46.7	*	6
Hypertension	22.9	24.3		23.3	4.2		30
Seatbelt Nonuse	34.4	29.6		27.0	9.5		23
Cigarette Smoking	30.5	31.0		23.0	34.9	*	8
Smokeless Tobacco Use	3.8	6.8	TS	3.7	83.8	*	29
Binge Drinking	9.1	11.2		13.5	-16.7		11
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	14.6	18.8		16.9	11.3		28
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	17.0	14.5		10.6	37.1	*	21
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.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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