Health and Nutrition of Delano, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty four percent of Delano residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 times per month. This includes chocolate and other flavored milks, as well as hot cocoa made with milk, and does not count small amounts of milk added to coffee or tea.

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Oral Health

Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Delano residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 percent. People living here aged 30 years and older, aside from brushing their teeth with toothbrush, use dental floss or any other device that clean between teeth on average five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Delano residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 135 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Thirty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Fifty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Delano residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate one time at night (from time they go to bed at night until the time they get up in the morning).

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Taste & Smell

Sixty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

Eighty one percent of people living in Delano are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty five percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty percent of people in Delano frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eighteen percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Thirty two percent of people living in Delano use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Delano residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventeen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much.

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Alcohol use

Thirty three percent of people living in Delano have at least one alcoholic drink per month.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty three percent of Delano residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty three percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Delano were 25 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Delano were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.

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Sleep Disorders

Delano residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of people do moderate-intensity activities at work that cause small increases in breathing or heart rate such as brisk walking or carrying light loads for at least 10 minutes continuously. Sixty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen percent do any vigorous-intensity sports, fitness or recreational activities that cause large increases in breathing or heart rate like running or basketball for at least 10 minutes continuously. Forty four percent do any moderate-intensity sports, fitness or recreational activities that cause a small increase in breathing or heart rate such as brisk walking, bicycling, swimming or golf for at least 10 minutes continuously. People living here spend three hours sitting on a typical day (this includes sitting at work, at home, getting to and from places, or with friends, including time spent sitting at a desk, traveling in a car or bus, reading, playing cards, watching television or using a computer). They usually sit and watch TV or videos for about one hours per day. They use a computer or play computer games (including Playstation, Nintendo DS, or other portable video games) outside of work or school for 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty four percent of births in Delano were vaginal deliveries. Forty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy five percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventeen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Delano report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Delano residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Delano spend $462 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Delano spends $98 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $94 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Delano report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Eighty eight percent of them can usually hear and understand, without the use of a hearing aid or any other listening devices, what a person says without seeing his or her face if that person whispers to them from across a quiet room. Ninety four percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Nine percent of Delano residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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