1997 Wood County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Wood 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	36.7	37.0		29.7	24.6	*	31
Obesity	17.0	19.6		17.0	15.1		22
Hypertension	22.8	27.7		23.3	18.9	*	19
Seatbelt Nonuse	40.1	27.3	*	27.0	1.2		27
Cigarette Smoking	24.8	29.1		23.0	26.5	*	12
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.6	6.1		3.7	65.7	*	32
Binge Drinking	12.5	12.9		13.5	-4.2		7
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	19.0	19.5		16.9	15.6		24
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.5	15.1		10.6	42.8	*	20
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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