1999 Monongalia County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Monongalia 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	34.2	25.0		29.1	-14.1		35
Obesity	13.9	19.2		19.4	-1.3		21
Hypertension	15.5	20.2		24.5	-17.7	*	36
Diabetes Awareness	2.2	4.2	TS	5.9	-28.1	*	35
Cigarette Smoking	19.5	23.9		22.5	6.3		30
Smokeless Tobacco Use	5.2	7.1		3.0	137.7	*	26
Binge Drinking	19.5	17.4		14.8	17.4		1
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	15.4	17.7		16.7	5.7		32
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	15.4	11.1		10.6	5.0		34
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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