Health and Nutrition of Tunnelhill, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Tunnelhill residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 three 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. People here eat two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Tunnelhill 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). Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Tunnelhill residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Tunnelhill residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 202 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Sixty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty eight percent of Tunnelhill residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Tunnelhill 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

Thirty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty eight percent of people living in Tunnelhill are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twelve percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty five percent of people in Tunnelhill frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty two percent of people living in Tunnelhill use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eighteen percent of Tunnelhill residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fourteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixteen 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. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fourteen 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

Fifty three percent of people living in Tunnelhill have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.4 days per month on average. They have 13.5 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Tunnelhill 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seventeen percent of males in Tunnelhill have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Tunnelhill were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Tunnelhill were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Tunnelhill has vaginal or anal sex 85 times a year. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Tunnelhill residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy seven percent of Tunnelhill residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Tunnelhill 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 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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. Forty 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Fifty six percent are overweight. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty one percent of births in Tunnelhill were vaginal deliveries. Thirty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eleven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Tunnelhill report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Thirteen percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 54 percent of Tunnelhill residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Tunnelhill spend $303 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Tunnelhill spends $60 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $109 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Tunnelhill report their general condition of hearing on average at 92 percent. Ninety seven 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty percent of Tunnelhill population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty five 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 five percent of people in Tunnelhill had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Tunnelhill 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. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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