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information in the graphalso appears in the text below.\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/brfs02sum.gif\"><br>\n\n\n  Source: Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health,<br>\n\n\n  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2002.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Selected behavioral risk factors for adult Delaware residents are shown in the graph above. They are risk factors for the leading causes\n\n\n  of illness, injury and premature death in our state.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <strong>Acute drinking,<\/strong> commonly called &#8220;binge drinking,&#8221; is a major risk factor for unintentional injuries \u2013\n\n\n    especially from vehicle crashes. In 2002, about 18% of adults admitted to drinking more than 5 drinks on one occasion during the past\n\n\n    month.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>The prevalence of <strong>cigarette smoking<\/strong> by Delaware adults has remained essentially unchanged \u2013 at 25% \u2013\n\n\n  during the past decade. Smoking causes almost one-third of all cancers, and is a major cause of heart disease, stroke, emphysema and\n\n\n  other lung disease.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>About 27% of adults in our state get <strong>no physical activity<\/strong>. Lack of physical activity is a risk factor for overweight\n\n\n  and obesity, which cause heart disease and type 2 diabetes.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>\n\n\n    <strong>Overweight<\/strong> and <strong>obesity<\/strong> are major health risks, and the trend has been increasing toward higher\n\n\n    prevalence of obesity since the Delaware BRFSS began collecting data. The BRFSS asks height and weight, and uses those numbers to\n\n\n    compute Body Mass Index (BMI). A BMI of 25 &#8211; 29.9 for most people indicates significant overweight, and a BMI of 30 or greater is\n\n\n    considered &#8220;obese.&#8221; In 2002, almost 60% of adult Delawareans were either overweight or obese.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>The prevalence of <strong>diabetes<\/strong> in Delaware has risen from 4.3% in 1995 to 7.1% in 2002.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>About one in 10 adult Delawareans reported that they had <strong>no health insurance.<\/strong>\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>In 2002, about 20% said they do <strong>not use seatbelts<\/strong> regularly when driving or riding in a car. In 2003, Delaware\n\n\n  passed a law requiring safety restraint use by the driver and all passengers. The new law also allows law officers to stop cars if they\n\n\n  see anyone in the vehicle not wearing a seatbelt and shoulder harness. In 2004, the BRFSS will again measure safety belt use to determine\n\n\n  the impact of the new law.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Healthy eating is an essential part of disease prevention and weight control. One of the best indicators of healthy diet is\n\n\n  consumption of <strong>fruits and vegetables<\/strong>. In 2002, the overwhelming majority of adults \u2013 81% \u2013 did\n\n\n  <strong>not<\/strong> eat the recommend minimum of five servings of fruits and vegetables daily.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  General Health Status\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Individuals who respond to the survey generally believe they are in good health, even though they may report significant risks factors\n\n\n  which endanger their future health.\u00a0 To many people, the absence of current illness is considered &#8220;good health.&#8221; The BRFSS\n\n\n  asks: &#8220;Would you say that in general your health is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor?&#8221;\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Their answers:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\">\n\n\n  <tbody><tr class=\"info\">\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Excellent\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Very Good\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Good\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Fair\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n    <th scope=\"col\">\n\n\n      Poor\n\n\n    <\/th>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      21.6%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      34.6%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      29%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      11.1%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      3.7%\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Young adults generally believe they&#8217;re in better health than older adults. For example, only 6.9% of 18-24 year-old respondents say\n\n\n  they&#8217;re in &#8220;fair or poor&#8221; health, but 29.3% of adults 65 and older say they&#8217;re in &#8220;fair or poor&#8221;\n\n\n  health.\u00a0\u00a0The challenge in education is to demonstrate that health is more than the absence of disease, and that reducing risk\n\n\n  factors now can improve health and quality of life significantly \u2013 now and in the future.\n\n\n<\/p>  <!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Health Risks of Delaware Adults in 2002 Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections Screening and Testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9401,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10703,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9464\/revisions\/10703"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}