Health and Nutrition of Berkey, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Berkey residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 five 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.

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Oral Health

The average Berkey 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). Berkey residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 36 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Berkey residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 148 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Fifteen percent of people living here are obese. Eighteen percent have ever been obese. Twenty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of Berkey residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Taste & Smell

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty one percent of people living in Berkey have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixty two percent of people in Berkey 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 eight percent of people living in Berkey use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty percent of Berkey residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventeen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Berkey residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Thirty eight percent of people living in Berkey have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 3.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety two percent of Berkey residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty six percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Berkey were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Berkey were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Berkey has vaginal or anal sex 49 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Berkey 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty eight percent of Berkey residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Berkey 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. Nineteen 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. Eighteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twelve 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. Twenty 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 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 3.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty eight percent of births in Berkey were vaginal deliveries. Thirty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Berkey report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 20 percent of Berkey residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Berkey are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Berkey spend $401 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Berkey spends $37 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $146 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Berkey report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty nine 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. Fourteen percent of Berkey population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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. Six percent of people in Berkey had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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