Health and Nutrition of Twilight, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Twilight 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 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 three 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Twilight 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). Twilight residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 56 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Twilight residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 179 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty nine percent of people living here are obese. Thirty four percent have ever been obese. Twenty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty nine percent of Twilight residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Twilight residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero 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 seven percent of people living in Twilight are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eighteen percent of people in Twilight frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Sixty seven percent of people living in Twilight have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty three percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 14 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty two percent of Twilight residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Twilight have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Twilight 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 13 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in Twilight were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Twilight has vaginal or anal sex 59 times a year. Twenty six percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Three percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty eight percent of Twilight residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nine percent of Twilight 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. Twenty 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. Sixty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty three 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 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 2.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Twilight 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.

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Current Health Status

People living in Twilight report their general health condition on average at 68 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Twilight residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nineteen percent of people living in Twilight are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Twilight spend $269 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Twilight spends $77 on food at other stores monthly. They spend $111 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Twilight report their general condition of hearing on average at 92 percent. Ninety eight 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty 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. Thirteen percent of people in Twilight had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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