Health and Nutrition of Rushsylvania, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Rushsylvania 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 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 three "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 Rushsylvania 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). Twenty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Rushsylvania residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 Rushsylvania residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 174 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy six percent of Rushsylvania residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rushsylvania 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

Ninety two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty six percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty percent of people in Rushsylvania frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty percent of people living in Rushsylvania use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Rushsylvania residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eighteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Ten 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 nine percent of people living in Rushsylvania have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.6 days per month on average. They have 6.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 36 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Rushsylvania residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Rushsylvania have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Rushsylvania 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 33 women. He has vaginal sex with 30 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 eight women. People in Rushsylvania were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Rushsylvania has vaginal or anal sex 76 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Rushsylvania 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Rushsylvania residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Rushsylvania 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 four 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. Thirty seven 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 six 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Rushsylvania 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". Twenty seven percent are overweight. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Twenty two percent of births in Rushsylvania were vaginal deliveries. Seventy eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy two percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Rushsylvania report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 47 percent of Rushsylvania residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Rushsylvania are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rushsylvania spend $341 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Rushsylvania spends $81 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $112 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Rushsylvania report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty three percent of Rushsylvania population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Twenty six percent of people in Rushsylvania had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Sixty four percent of Rushsylvania residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

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

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