1999 Wayne County Behavioral Prevalences
Compared to 1994 Wayne 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	36.1	38.3		29.1	31.7	*	13
Obesity	18.8	20.0		19.4	3.2		18
Hypertension	28.8	28.6		24.5	16.7		25
Diabetes Awareness	5.5	5.4	TS	5.9	TS	TS	33
Cigarette Smoking	21.8	31.2		22.5	38.5	*	9
Smokeless Tobacco Use	7.4	6.7	TS	3.0	TS	TS	31
Binge Drinking	10.8	6.7	TS	14.8	TS	TS	27
No Health Insurance, Ages 18-64	24.3	26.2		16.7	56.7	*	12
Difficulty Seeing Dr. Because of Cost	21.7	17.7		10.6	66.8	*	10
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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