1999 Wood County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Wood 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	35.6	35.2		29.1	20.8	*	21
Obesity	17.1	19.2		19.4	-1.2		20
Hypertension	23.7	31.9	*	24.5	30.1	*	13
Diabetes Awareness	5.7	7.2		5.9	22.3		18
Cigarette Smoking	26.4	26.6		22.5	18.1	*	23
Smokeless Tobacco Use	6.2	6.9		3.0	129.5	*	28
Binge Drinking	14.7	9.8		14.8	-33.4	*	9
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.8	18.7		16.7	12.2		28
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.4	14.6		10.6	38.1	*	21
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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