Health and Nutrition of Claysville, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Claysville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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. They also eat one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Claysville resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Fourteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Claysville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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 14 teeth.

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Weight

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

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Diabetes

Seventy two percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Claysville 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

Six percent of Claysville 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. Thirteen percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy seven percent of people in Claysville 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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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Claysville residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Forty six percent of people living in Claysville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Sixteen 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 5.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Claysville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. People in Claysville were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Claysville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Females in Claysville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty two percent of Claysville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nineteen 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 four 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Claysville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three 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. 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. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty nine percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Thirteen percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Nineteen percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Nine percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Claysville were vaginal deliveries. Fourteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 95.2 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty two percent of women in Claysville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen 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 Claysville report their general health condition on average at 46 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Claysville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Claysville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Claysville spend $254 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. They spend $51 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four 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 Claysville report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 percent. Eighty five 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 five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty nine percent of Claysville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty seven 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

Thirty nine percent of Claysville 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 five percent of Claysville 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 four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Thirteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Twenty five 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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