1997 Ohio County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Ohio 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	37.5	22.4	*	29.7	-24.6	*	36
Obesity	20.0	14.6		17.0	-13.9		35
Hypertension	21.0	25.4		23.3	9.2		26
Seatbelt Nonuse	33.2	28.2		27.0	4.3		25
Cigarette Smoking	21.4	19.4		23.0	-15.8		35
Smokeless Tobacco Use	3.5	3.8	TS	3.7	TS	TS	36
Binge Drinking	17.0	16.7	TS	13.5	TS	TS	3
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	10.7	19.4		16.9	15.0		25
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	5.9	12.3	TS	10.6	15.6		29
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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