Health and Nutrition of Bolivar, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Bolivar residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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 one 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 Bolivar 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Bolivar residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 36 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Bolivar residents 16 years and older is 60 inches. The average weight is 176 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Forty four percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Bolivar residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty four percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Fifteen percent of people living in Bolivar have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty seven 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

Bolivar 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

Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Ten percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Bolivar residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty four 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. Eight percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Seventeen 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

Bolivar residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty seven percent of people living in Bolivar have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 days per month on average. They have 4.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Bolivar 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 two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Bolivar have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Sixty three percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Bolivar were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 27 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Bolivar were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Bolivar has vaginal or anal sex 96 times a year. Fifty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Bolivar 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. Seventy nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eleven percent of households in Bolivar 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

Bolivar residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty eight percent of Bolivar residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nine percent of Bolivar 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. Twenty six 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 seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty eight 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. Forty one 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty two percent are overweight. Nine 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. Fifteen percent of people living in Bolivar have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. One percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Ten percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Four percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Eleven percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty eight percent of births in Bolivar were vaginal deliveries. Thirty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Ten percent of women in Bolivar have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eight percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Forty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Eleven 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 Bolivar report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Bolivar residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Bolivar spend $483 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 Bolivar spends $129 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $108 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $34 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Bolivar report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Eighty eight 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. Nineteen percent of Bolivar population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty five percent of Bolivar residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Bolivar 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. Twenty six percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Three percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twelve percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Three 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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