1997 Upshur County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Upshur 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	50.6	37.9	TS	29.7	TS	TS	28
Obesity	17.3	16.9		17.0	-0.8		32
Hypertension	20.3	28.3		23.3	21.6		16
Seatbelt Nonuse	42.1	31.0		27.0	15.0		17
Cigarette Smoking	23.6	28.6		23.0	24.4		15
Smokeless Tobacco Use	15.7	10.8	TS	3.7	TS	TS	9
Binge Drinking	10.6	12.4	TS	13.5	TS	TS	8
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	24.8	31.8		16.9	88.4	*	3
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	17.3	19.8		10.6	86.9	*	7
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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