1997 Putnam County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Putnam 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	43.4	38.5		29.7	29.6	*	27
Obesity	16.8	24.0		17.0	41.4	*	10
Hypertension	26.2	26.0		23.3	11.4		22
Seatbelt Nonuse	34.7	23.6	*	27.0	-12.6		35
Cigarette Smoking	23.0	20.8		23.0	-9.6		32
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.0	10.0	TS	3.7	171.3	*	14
Binge Drinking	8.8	6.4	TS	13.5	TS	TS	29
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	13.1	16.3		16.9	-3.6		31
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	15.6	14.4		10.6	35.8	*	23
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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