Health and Nutrition of Townville, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty nine percent of Townville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 two 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average Townville 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). Thirty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Townville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Townville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Forty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty percent of Townville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Townville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Townville 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 seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty four percent of people living in Townville have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eighteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty four percent of people in Townville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty five 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

Twenty eight percent of people living in Townville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty eight percent of Townville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty three percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty three percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty eight 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Townville residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy one percent of people living in Townville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Townville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Townville were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Townville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Nineteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Townville has vaginal or anal sex 62 times a year. Twenty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Townville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Townville residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty five percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Townville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three percent of Townville 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. Thirty 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. Forty nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. 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 six 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 seven 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 three 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 0.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty one percent of Townville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty six percent are overweight. Seventeen percent of people living in Townville have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eighteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty seven percent of births in Townville were vaginal deliveries. Sixty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Townville report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 37 percent of Townville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Townville spend $329 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Townville spends $116 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $75 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Townville report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Eighty 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. Twenty four 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. Thirty five percent of people in Townville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirty five percent of Townville 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 five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Seventeen percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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