1997 Kanawha County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Kanawha 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	40.0	36.3		29.7	22.3	*	32
Obesity	16.9	22.5	*	17.0	32.2	*	15
Hypertension	25.6	28.4		23.3	21.8	*	15
Seatbelt Nonuse	37.0	26.3	*	27.0	-2.8		31
Cigarette Smoking	25.6	27.4		23.0	18.9	*	17
Smokeless Tobacco Use	5.8	5.7		3.7	54.8	*	33
Binge Drinking	9.0	11.0		13.5	-18.9	*	14
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	17.4	18.0		16.9	6.5		29
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.0	13.8		10.6	30.4	*	25
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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