Health and Nutrition of Alum Creek, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Alum Creek residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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. They get one 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Alum Creek resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Alum Creek residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Alum Creek residents 16 years and older is 54 inches. The average weight is 161 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Fifty eight percent of people living here are obese. Fifty nine percent have ever been obese. Sixty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Thirty percent of people living in Alum Creek have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy two percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Alum Creek 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

Sixty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty one percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty one percent of people living in Alum Creek are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty percent of people living in Alum Creek have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty eight percent of people in Alum Creek frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty 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

Fifty one percent of people living in Alum Creek use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Alum Creek residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty seven percent of people living in Alum Creek have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.0 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Alum Creek residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Alum Creek were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Alum Creek were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Fourteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Alum Creek has vaginal or anal sex 92 times a year. Thirty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Alum Creek 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had 10 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

Four percent of households in Alum Creek use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Ten percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Alum Creek residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty six percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty percent of Alum Creek residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eight 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 seven 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 seven 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Alum Creek 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". Ten percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty two percent are overweight. Fifty percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Twenty percent of people living in Alum Creek have ever received a blood transfusion. Ten percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Ten percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty five percent of births in Alum Creek were vaginal deliveries. Thirty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty four percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Alum Creek report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 28 percent of Alum Creek residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty four percent of people living in Alum Creek are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Alum Creek spend $456 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Alum Creek spends $163 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $97 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $32 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Alum Creek report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifty three percent of Alum Creek residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty one percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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