Health and Nutrition of Ashland, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Ashland residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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 four 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat four "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 Ashland resident last visited a dentist four years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Ashland residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 55 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 one 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 15 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ashland residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 168 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Twenty three percent have ever been obese. Twelve percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Ashland residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eleven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Ashland have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ashland 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty four percent of people living in Ashland use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Ten percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty one 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

Ashland residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Ashland have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 7.6 days per month on average. They have 13.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 12 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Ashland residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Ashland have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Ashland 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 10 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.8 men on average. They have had 1.3 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Ashland were 14 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Ashland has vaginal or anal sex 80 times a year. Fifty three percent have sex without using a condom. Forty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Ashland residents 16 years and older usually get eight hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty one percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty one percent of Ashland residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Ashland 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 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. Sixteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 nine 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 four 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 0.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nineteen percent of Ashland residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty three 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 one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ashland report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Ashland residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Ashland are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ashland spend $412 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. The average family in Ashland spends $138 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $151 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ashland report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Ninety four 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. Forty eight 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 seven percent of people in Ashland had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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