1999 Marshall County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Marshall 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	38.7	32.5		29.1	11.6		28
Obesity	15.2	23.8		19.4	22.4		7
Hypertension	21.6	25.7		24.5	4.8		32
Diabetes Awareness	7.1	7.1	TS	5.9	TS	TS	19
Cigarette Smoking	27.2	28.9		22.5	28.3	*	14
Smokeless Tobacco Use	6.5	8.3	TS	3.0	TS	TS	20
Binge Drinking	9.2	13.2	TS	14.8	TS	TS	3
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	16.0	18.5		16.7	10.9		30
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	9.9	13.4		10.6	26.7		26
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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