1997 Marion County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Marion 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	38.7	40.3		29.7	35.6	*	23
Obesity	13.0	15.0		17.0	-11.6		34
Hypertension	21.2	29.2		23.3	25.1	*	12
Seatbelt Nonuse	47.0	26.4	*	27.0	-2.2		29
Cigarette Smoking	22.9	22.7		23.0	-1.1		30
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.7	6.2	TS	3.7	TS	TS	31
Binge Drinking	8.1	11.1	TS	13.5	TS	TS	13
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	19.9	22.1		16.9	30.8	*	18
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.2	16.0		10.6	51.2	*	18
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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