1999 Marion County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Marion 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	38.7	33.7		29.1	15.9		25
Obesity	13.1	15.6		19.4	-19.8	*	35
Hypertension	23.9	30.3		24.5	23.6	*	18
Diabetes Awareness	4.2	5.4	TS	5.9	-8.8		32
Cigarette Smoking	24.1	20.3		22.5	-9.9		35
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.4	7.1		3.0	137.9	*	25
Binge Drinking	10.8	7.6	TS	14.8	-48.5	*	21
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	21.0	21.1		16.7	26.2		23
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.5	18.0		10.6	69.7	*	8
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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