Health and Nutrition of Yorktown, VA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Yorktown residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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.

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Oral Health

The average Yorktown 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). Yorktown residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 four 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Yorktown residents 16 years and older is 58 inches. The average weight is 120 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 24.

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Drug Use

Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people living in Yorktown have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Six percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Yorktown residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Six percent of Yorktown 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 four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people living in Yorktown have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Seventeen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty percent of people in Yorktown frequently check their blood cholesterol. Nine percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Twenty nine percent of people living in Yorktown use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Yorktown residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty six percent of Yorktown residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex. People in Yorktown were 22 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Yorktown were 27 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty two percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent of Yorktown 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. Twenty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Yorktown residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Six percent of people living in Yorktown have ever received a blood transfusion. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Forty seven percent of births in Yorktown were vaginal deliveries. Fifty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 92.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty percent of women in Yorktown have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eleven percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time).

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Current Health Status

People living in Yorktown report their general health condition on average at 45 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Yorktown spend $502 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Yorktown spends $53 on food at other stores monthly. They spend $167 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $40 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Yorktown report their general condition of hearing on average at 77 percent. Seventy 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty eight percent of Yorktown population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventeen 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.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Yorktown 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. Twenty two 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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