1997 Mercer County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Mercer 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	37.0	43.3		29.7	45.8	*	14
Obesity	16.2	17.0		17.0	-0.3		31
Hypertension	28.2	33.1		23.3	42.3	*	3
Seatbelt Nonuse	40.7	36.5		27.0	35.2	*	7
Cigarette Smoking	23.7	32.3	*	23.0	40.2	*	6
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.9	8.3		3.7	124.5	*	22
Binge Drinking	6.9	11.9		13.5	-12.2		10
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.2	19.0		16.9	12.7		27
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	16.8	12.6		10.6	19.0		27
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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