1997 Hancock County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Hancock 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	41.8		29.7	40.6	*	17
Obesity	16.7	17.0		17.0	-0.1		30
Hypertension	21.7	24.2		23.3	3.9		31
Seatbelt Nonuse	36.1	35.2		27.0	30.3	*	9
Cigarette Smoking	27.2	23.5		23.0	2.0		27
Smokeless Tobacco Use	3.0	6.4	TS	3.7	TS	TS	30
Binge Drinking	13.2	22.9	TS	13.5	TS	TS	1
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	21.2	12.5		16.9	-25.9		35
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	19.4	12.4		10.6	17.3		28
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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