1997 Marshall County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Marshall 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	42.4	34.1		29.7	14.8		34
Obesity	14.4	24.2		17.0	42.4	*	8
Hypertension	22.5	21.6		23.3	-7.1		33
Seatbelt Nonuse	44.8	26.2	*	27.0	-2.9		32
Cigarette Smoking	28.1	24.5		23.0	6.7		22
Smokeless Tobacco Use	6.8	10.2	TS	3.7	TS	TS	12
Binge Drinking	11.7	13.6	TS	13.5	TS	TS	6
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	18.5	19.1	TS	16.9	13.2		26
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	10.1	10.3		10.6	-3.1		35
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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