Health and Nutrition of Haysi, VA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Haysi 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 five 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "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 Haysi 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Haysi residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Haysi residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 199 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty one percent have ever been obese. Sixteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty six percent of Haysi residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Haysi 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

Forty nine percent of people living in Haysi are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Nineteen percent of people in Haysi frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Haysi residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty four percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty four percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty nine 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

Eighty nine percent of people living in Haysi have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 9.8 days per month on average. They have 12.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 45 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Haysi residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Haysi have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Haysi were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 34 women. He has vaginal sex with 33 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 nine women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 5.4 men on average. People in Haysi were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Haysi has vaginal or anal sex 28 times a year. Thirty two percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Haysi residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy nine percent of Haysi residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Haysi 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 two 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 eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty seven 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 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 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 three 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Haysi residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Haysi report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 54 percent of Haysi residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Haysi are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Haysi spend $332 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Haysi spends $86 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $107 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $35 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Haysi report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Eighty one 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. Thirteen percent of Haysi population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty four 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 seven percent of people in Haysi had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Haysi 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. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Nineteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Six 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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