Health and Nutrition of Fancy Gap, VA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Fancy Gap residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 22 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 six 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 five of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Fancy Gap 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty six percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Fancy Gap residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Fancy Gap residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 187 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Forty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy five percent of Fancy Gap residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eleven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty 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

Fancy Gap 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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Health Insurance

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

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Dermatology

Nineteen percent of people living in Fancy Gap use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fourteen percent of Fancy Gap residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty seven 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. Eleven 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.

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Alcohol use

Ninety five percent of people living in Fancy Gap have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 1.8 days per month on average. They have 4.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Fancy Gap 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 seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Fancy Gap 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 17 women. He has vaginal sex with 16 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. People in Fancy Gap were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Fancy Gap has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Sixty two percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty percent of households in Fancy Gap use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

Fancy Gap residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Sixteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty three percent of Fancy Gap residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Fancy Gap 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 eight 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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. Fifty 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eighteen percent are overweight. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Fancy Gap report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Fancy Gap residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Fancy Gap spend $399 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 12 percent of their income. The average family in Fancy Gap spends $126 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $191 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Fancy Gap report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety nine 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 two 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. Twenty six percent of people in Fancy Gap had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eleven 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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