1997 Wyoming County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Wyoming 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	59.6		29.7	100.6	*	4
Obesity	16.8	30.0		17.0	76.6	*	2
Hypertension	29.3	19.5		23.3	-16.1		35
Seatbelt Nonuse	46.0	34.0		27.0	25.8		10
Cigarette Smoking	34.6	36.1		23.0	56.9	*	2
Smokeless Tobacco Use	14.5	8.8	TS	3.7	TS	TS	19
Binge Drinking	6.8	6.2	TS	13.5	TS	TS	30
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	17.2	21.3		16.9	26.3		19
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	21.7	21.2		10.6	100.1	*	4
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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