Health and Nutrition of Beaver Meadows, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Beaver Meadows 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. 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat two "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 Beaver Meadows 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). Eighteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty three percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Beaver Meadows residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Beaver Meadows residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty one percent have ever been obese. Forty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty five percent of Beaver Meadows residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eighteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Fourteen percent of people living in Beaver Meadows have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty four 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

Beaver Meadows 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

Eleven percent of Beaver Meadows residents above the age of 40 have problems with their ability to smell, such as not being able to smell things or things not smelling the way they are supposed to. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twelve percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Fifty eight percent of people living in Beaver Meadows are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people living in Beaver Meadows have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty eight percent of people in Beaver Meadows frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifteen 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 Beaver Meadows use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Beaver Meadows residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty five 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. Thirty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty two percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seventeen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fourteen 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. Five percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Beaver Meadows residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy eight percent of people living in Beaver Meadows have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.9 days per month on average. They have 4.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 23 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Beaver Meadows residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Beaver Meadows have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Beaver Meadows 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 16 women. He has vaginal sex with 15 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in Beaver Meadows were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twelve percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Beaver Meadows has vaginal or anal sex 53 times a year. Fifty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Beaver Meadows 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.1 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eleven percent of households in Beaver Meadows use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Three percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty four percent of Beaver Meadows residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Beaver Meadows 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. Forty 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. Thirty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nineteen 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. Thirty 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 five 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 0.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Beaver Meadows residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Four percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty one percent are overweight. Nineteen percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Ten percent of people living in Beaver Meadows have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Four percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Forty eight percent of births in Beaver Meadows were vaginal deliveries. Fifty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Nine percent of women in Beaver Meadows have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventy one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Beaver Meadows report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 46 percent of Beaver Meadows residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Beaver Meadows are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Beaver Meadows spend $453 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Beaver Meadows spends $104 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $154 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $20 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Beaver Meadows report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eight percent of Beaver Meadows population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty one 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 Beaver Meadows had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twelve percent of Beaver Meadows 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. Fourteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eight percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Seven 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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