1999 Mingo County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Mingo 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	58.7	49.7		29.1	70.9	*	1
Obesity	24.7	26.1		19.4	34.4	*	3
Hypertension	31.6	30.8		24.5	25.8		16
Diabetes Awareness	7.1	6.6	TS	5.9	TS	TS	25
Cigarette Smoking	39.2	31.6		22.5	40.2	*	6
Smokeless Tobacco Use	12.2	9.3	TS	3.0	TS	TS	16
Binge Drinking	8.5	6.8	TS	14.8	TS	TS	25
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	31.8	19.8		16.7	18.5		26
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	27.8	24.1		10.6	127.5	*	2
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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