Health and Nutrition of West Elizabeth, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of West Elizabeth residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 three 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. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average West Elizabeth 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eleven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). West Elizabeth 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 four 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 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of West Elizabeth residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 195 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Forty four percent of people living here are obese. Sixty two percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty nine percent of West Elizabeth residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used heroin. Thirteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in West Elizabeth have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have 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

West Elizabeth 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

Seventy nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three percent of people living in West Elizabeth have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty two percent of people in West Elizabeth frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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 seven percent of people living in West Elizabeth use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twelve percent of West Elizabeth residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fourteen 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.

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Prescription Medications

West Elizabeth residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy three percent of people living in West Elizabeth have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eighteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. They have 2.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of West Elizabeth 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent have ever had anal sex. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in West Elizabeth were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in West Elizabeth were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in West Elizabeth has vaginal or anal sex 23 times a year. Fifty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in West Elizabeth 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

West Elizabeth residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fifteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty eight percent of West Elizabeth residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of West Elizabeth 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. Fifty four 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. Thirty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty four 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. Sixty two 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". One percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty five percent are overweight. Nine percent of people living in West Elizabeth have ever received a blood transfusion. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty one percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Six percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Thirteen percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had emphysema.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty nine percent of births in West Elizabeth were vaginal deliveries. Forty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy four percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty one percent of women in West Elizabeth have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Nine percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Ninety one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Fifteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Eighteen 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 West Elizabeth report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 23 percent of West Elizabeth residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty two percent of people living in West Elizabeth are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in West Elizabeth spend $403 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is nine percent of their income. The average family in West Elizabeth spends $66 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $182 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in West Elizabeth report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Seventy 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty five 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. Eight percent of people in West Elizabeth had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty six percent of West Elizabeth residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Fourteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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