1999 West Virginia Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 West Virginia and Estimated 1999 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1994 WV Percent	1999 WV Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 WV from 1999 U.S	SI*
Physical Inactivity	42.9	36.3	*	29.1	24.9	*
Obesity	18.0	20.8	*	19.4	7.0	*
Hypertension	25.5	30.5	*	24.5	24.4	*
Diabetes Awareness	5.7	7.3	*	5.9	23.0	*
Cigarette Smoking	26.1	27.4		22.5	21.6	*
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.4	8.6		3.0	185.1	*
Binge Drinking	12.3	8.8	*	14.8	-40.6	*
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.8	22.5		16.7	34.8	*
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.6	15.5		10.6	46.1	*
Category	1994 WV Percent	1999 WV Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 WV from 1999 U.S	SI*

* Significance Indicator. An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
Note: 1994 represents aggregated data from 1992-96;
1999 represents aggregated data from 1997-2001.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1998 due to lack of data for 1999.
Note: The U.S. percent for difficulty seeing Dr. due to cost is for 1997 due to lack of data for 1999.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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