1997 Jefferson County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Jefferson County and Estimated 1997 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1992 County Percent	1997 County Percent	SI*	1997 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 U.S	SI*	County Rank
Physical Inactivity	49.9	39.5		29.7	33.0		26
Obesity	17.2	18.5		17.0	9.0		26
Hypertension	18.4	20.1		23.3	-13.7		34
Seatbelt Nonuse	32.3	19.4	*	27.0	-28.2	*	36
Cigarette Smoking	32.3	32.4		23.0	40.9	*	5
Smokeless Tobacco Use	5.6	3.9	TS	3.7	TS	TS	35
Binge Drinking	15.3	14.7	TS	13.5	TS	TS	5
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	21.5	16.8		16.9	-0.7		30
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	12.1	10.3		10.6	-2.4		34
Category	1992 County Percent	1997 County Percent	SI*	1997 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Differnce 1997 County from 1997 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: 1992 represents aggregated data from 1990-94;
1997 represents aggregated data from 1995-99.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1996 due to lack of data for 1997.
Note: West Virginia's seatbelt use law went into effect on September 1, 1993.
Note: The range for county ranks in this column is 1 to 36.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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