1999 Harrison County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Harrison 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	39.4	34.4		29.1	18.3		22
Obesity	17.7	17.1		19.4	-11.7		30
Hypertension	27.0	31.8		24.5	29.8	*	15
Diabetes Awareness	3.8	6.4		5.9	7.7		26
Cigarette Smoking	24.9	27.5		22.5	22.1	*	18
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.0	9.3		3.0	211.6	*	14
Binge Drinking	9.5	9.2		14.8	-37.8	*	13
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.8	24.5		16.7	46.7	*	14
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	12.5	16.9		10.6	59.4	*	13
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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