1999 Berkeley County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Berkeley County and Estimated 1999 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1994 County Percent	1999 County Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 County from 1999 U.S	SI*	County Rank
Physical Inactivity	42.9	37.1		29.1	27.5	*	15
Obesity	17.8	23.8		19.4	22.8	*	6
Hypertension	21.3	27.5		24.5	12.2		27
Diabetes Awareness	4.8	7.3		5.9	23.3		16
Cigarette Smoking	31.2	31.5		22.5	40.1	*	7
Smokeless Tobacco Use	4.1	8.0	TS	3.0	165.6	*	21
Binge Drinking	10.7	7.4		14.8	-49.8	*	23
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	15.2	20.2		16.7	20.9		25
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.7	14.5		10.6	37.1	*	23
Category	1994 County Percent	1999 County Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 County from 1999 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: 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.
Note: The range for county ranks in this column is 1 to 36.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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