Health and Nutrition of Harbor View, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Harbor View 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 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 Harbor View 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. Twenty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Harbor View residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Harbor View residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty nine percent of Harbor View residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty six 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. Nineteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Harbor View have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty 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

Harbor View 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 Harbor View 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. Six percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty seven percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty two percent of people in Harbor View frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty five percent of people living in Harbor View use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in Harbor View have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 6.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 26 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Harbor View 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 six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Harbor View 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 nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty seven percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty two percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Harbor View were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 49 women. He has vaginal sex with 45 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 seven women. People in Harbor View were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Harbor View has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Harbor View 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.6 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nine percent of households in Harbor View 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

Harbor View residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty one percent of Harbor View residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Harbor View 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. Thirty three 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. Forty one 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. Fifty nine 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Harbor View residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty percent are overweight. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy percent of births in Harbor View were vaginal deliveries. Thirty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Harbor View report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 42 percent of Harbor View residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Harbor View are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Harbor View spend $515 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 29 percent of their income. The average family in Harbor View spends $111 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $158 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $24 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Harbor View report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty three 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. Fifty 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. Seventeen percent of people in Harbor View had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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