1997 Cabell County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1992 Cabell 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	39.9	41.5		29.7	39.8	*	18
Obesity	17.6	20.1		17.0	18.4		20
Hypertension	22.3	31.2	*	23.3	34.1	*	7
Seatbelt Nonuse	37.6	29.7	*	27.0	10.2		21
Cigarette Smoking	26.4	28.6		23.0	24.5	*	14
Smokeless Tobacco Use	6.7	6.9		3.7	85.5	*	28
Binge Drinking	10.9	12.1		13.5	-10.2		9
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	19.8	20.5		16.9	21.4		21
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	15.4	14.4		10.6	35.8	*	22
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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