1997 Fayette County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Fayette 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	44.9	45.1		29.7	52.0	*	13
Obesity	16.0	23.8		17.0	40.3	*	11
Hypertension	27.0	24.4		23.3	4.6		29
Seatbelt Nonuse	44.7	32.9	*	27.0	22.0	*	11
Cigarette Smoking	29.8	28.9		23.0	25.8	*	13
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.8	8.0	TS	3.7	116.1	*	23
Binge Drinking	8.7	7.9	TS	13.5	TS	TS	26
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	30.6	28.7		16.9	69.9	*	7
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	20.2	17.5		10.6	65.2	*	12
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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