Health and Nutrition of Greenville, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty percent of Greenville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 26 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 four 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Greenville resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Greenville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 three days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Greenville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 177 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Sixty one percent of people living here are obese. Sixty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty seven percent of Greenville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Seventeen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Seventeen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Greenville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Greenville residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixty three percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people in Greenville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty six 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

Forty three percent of people living in Greenville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifteen percent of Greenville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventeen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Eight percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Seven percent of people living here move or speak so slowly that other people could have noticed, or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that they have been moving around a lot more than usual.

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Prescription Medications

Greenville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in Greenville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.0 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Greenville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Greenville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Greenville were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.8 men on average. They have had 2.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Greenville were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Sixteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Greenville has vaginal or anal sex 41 times a year. Twenty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Greenville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Six percent of households in Greenville use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty six percent of Greenville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Greenville residents' work involve vigorous-intensity activity that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate, like carrying or lifting heavy loads, digging or construction work for at least 10 minutes continuously. Sixty one 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. Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty nine 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. Twenty 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Greenville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty three percent are overweight. Four percent of people living in Greenville have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy nine percent of births in Greenville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy two percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Greenville report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 22 percent of Greenville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Greenville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Greenville spend $321 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Greenville spends $58 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $123 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Greenville report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Ninety two 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Greenville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty nine 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. Eleven percent of people in Greenville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirty eight percent of Greenville 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. Thirty seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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