1997 Logan County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Logan 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	57.8	63.2		29.7	112.6	*	1
Obesity	25.1	30.3		17.0	78.5	*	1
Hypertension	25.6	28.7		23.3	23.2		14
Seatbelt Nonuse	46.0	43.4		27.0	60.9	*	3
Cigarette Smoking	30.6	38.9		23.0	68.9	*	1
Smokeless Tobacco Use	10.3	8.7	TS	3.7	133.9	*	20
Binge Drinking	9.4	9.0	TS	13.5	TS	TS	22
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	28.6	30.6		16.9	81.3	*	4
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	20.1	21.8		10.6	106.1	*	3
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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