Health and Nutrition of Ellenboro, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Ellenboro residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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. People living here eat an average of five meals (breakfasts, lunches or dinners) per week that were prepared away from home in places such as restaurants, fast food places, food stands, grocery stores or from vending machines. They get two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat seven frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Ellenboro resident last visited a dentist two years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twenty five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Ellenboro residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 seven days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of seven days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ellenboro residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 134 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 24. Sixty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty three percent of Ellenboro residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ellenboro 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

Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Ellenboro are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty percent of people in Ellenboro frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Ellenboro use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Ellenboro residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventeen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventeen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seventeen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Ellenboro have at least one alcoholic drink per month.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Ellenboro residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Ellenboro were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Ellenboro were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Ellenboro has vaginal or anal sex 87 times a year. Forty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Ellenboro 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Ellenboro residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Ellenboro residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty 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 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 six 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 two 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 2.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirteen percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Twenty five percent of births in Ellenboro were vaginal deliveries. Seventy five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seventeen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ellenboro report their general health condition on average at 67 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 17 percent of Ellenboro residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ellenboro spend $429 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 11 percent of their income. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $182 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ellenboro report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Hundred 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen percent of people living here have ever had a job where they were exposed to loud sounds or noise. Loud means so loud that they must speak in a raised voice to be heard. Thirteen percent of people in Ellenboro had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Ellenboro residents 20 or older have limitations caused by a long-term physical, mental or emotional problems or illnesses keeping them from working at a job or business. Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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