1997 Randolph County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Randolph 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	43.3	39.8		29.7	34.0		24
Obesity	14.4	14.1		17.0	-16.8		36
Hypertension	23.9	26.1		23.3	12.1		21
Seatbelt Nonuse	43.8	24.1	*	27.0	-10.6		34
Cigarette Smoking	23.2	23.7		23.0	3.1		26
Smokeless Tobacco Use	12.1	13.6	TS	3.7	TS	TS	3
Binge Drinking	5.8	9.5	TS	13.5	TS	TS	19
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.5	30.5		16.9	80.6	*	5
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	10.9	19.3	TS	10.6	81.9	*	9
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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