title: Costs of physical inactivity in West Virginia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Estimate the costs of physical inactivity in West Virginia, a rural, Appalachian state of less than 2 million people.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the most recent year in which complete data were available and a previously developed algorithm, we estimated the costs of physical inactivity in the state of West Virginia.
  
  
  METHODS
  West Virginia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adults in West Virginia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total annual costs associated with physical inactivity as well as costs associated with medical care, workers' compensation, and lost worker productivity. Cost estimates were also calculated based on a decrease in physical inactivity of 5%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2005, the total estimated annual costs associated with physical inactivity were $1,309,544,068, ($1,060,383,138 from lost worker productivity, $245,631,484 from medical care, and $3,528,446 from workers' compensation). With a decrease of 5% in the prevalence of physical inactivity, total annual costs were reduced by $108,048,190 ($87,490,440 from lost worker productivity, $20,266,624 from medical care, and $291,126 from workers' compensation). Overall total cost savings were equivalent to a relative reduction of 8.25%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The costs associated with physical inactivity in the state of West Virginia are high. Improved efforts should be made to decrease the prevalence of physical inactivity in West Virginia adults.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, USA.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Kristi S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics*; D014903:West Virginia; D014942:Workers' Compensation