1999 Fayette County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Fayette 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	49.2	36.6		29.1	25.7	*	17
Obesity	18.1	22.5		19.4	16.2		10
Hypertension	30.5	25.9		24.5	5.6		31
Diabetes Awareness	6.6	5.7	TS	5.9	-4.1		30
Cigarette Smoking	28.7	30.4		22.5	35.1	*	11
Smokeless Tobacco Use	8.7	8.9	TS	3.0	195.9	*	17
Binge Drinking	8.3	9.2	TS	14.8	TS	TS	14
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	26.7	27.4		16.7	64.2	*	8
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	20.6	17.1		10.6	61.5	*	11
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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