1999 Cabell County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Cabell County and Estimated 1999 U.S. Prevalences

Category	1994 County Percent	1999 County Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 County from 1999 U.S	SI*	County Rank
Physical Inactivity	43.6	29.4	*	29.1	1.0		32
Obesity	17.2	19.1		19.4	-1.4		22
Hypertension	25.6	34.0	*	24.5	38.9	*	8
Diabetes Awareness	7.3	8.6		5.9	45.5	*	7
Cigarette Smoking	29.2	25.5		22.5	13.3		25
Smokeless Tobacco Use	7.1	6.7		3.0	122.5	*	32
Binge Drinking	16.1	12.8		14.8	-13.5		4
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	20.4	22.2		16.7	33.1	*	19
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	15.8	12.1		10.6	14.0		31
Category	1994 County Percent	1999 County Percent	SI*	1999 Estimated U.S. Percent	% Difference 1999 County from 1999 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: 1994 represents aggregated data from 1992-96;
1999 represents aggregated data from 1997-2001.
Note: The U.S. percent for physical inactivity is for 1998 due to lack of data for 1999.
Note: The U.S. percent for difficulty seeing Dr. due to cost is for 1997 due to lack of data for 1999.
Note: The range for county ranks in this column is 1 to 36.

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 31, 2004.

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