1997 Mason County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Mason 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	46.0	42.0		29.7	41.5	*	16
Obesity	18.9	23.2		17.0	36.4		12
Hypertension	24.2	25.9		23.3	11.2		23
Seatbelt Nonuse	49.2	31.3	*	27.0	15.9		15
Cigarette Smoking	37.5	26.7		23.0	15.9		19
Smokeless Tobacco Use	6.5	9.7	TS	3.7	TS	TS	15
Binge Drinking	5.0	10.6	TS	13.5	TS	TS	16
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	21.6	14.2		16.9	-16.0		34
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	13.0	10.9		10.6	2.7		33
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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