Health and Nutrition of Callensburg, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Callensburg 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 two 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. They also eat one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Callensburg 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Callensburg residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 three 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 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Callensburg residents 16 years and older is 61 inches. The average weight is 180 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty eight percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Twenty two percent of Callensburg residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Callensburg 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

Sixteen percent of Callensburg 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. Seventy two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Sixteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty five percent of people living in Callensburg are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixty seven percent of people living in Callensburg have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty seven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy seven percent of people in Callensburg frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty three 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 five percent of people living in Callensburg use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty nine percent of Callensburg residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty three 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. Twenty one percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. 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. Eight percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Callensburg residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy two percent of people living in Callensburg have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty one percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 5.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 26 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Callensburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent have ever had anal sex. People in Callensburg were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 14 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Callensburg were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Females in Callensburg 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty two percent of households in Callensburg use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Callensburg 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

Nineteen percent of Callensburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Callensburg 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. Twenty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Ten 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. Forty five 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 0.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Callensburg residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five 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. Fifty three percent are overweight. Twenty 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 of people living in Callensburg have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Nine percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Twelve percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty six percent of births in Callensburg were vaginal deliveries. Thirty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty percent of women in Callensburg have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Twenty seven percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Callensburg report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 34 percent of Callensburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Callensburg are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Callensburg spend $421 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Callensburg spends $95 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $86 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $11 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Callensburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 77 percent. Eighty 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 percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty two percent of Callensburg population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty three 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 Callensburg had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty five percent of Callensburg residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty one percent of Callensburg 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. Twenty six percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eleven percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eighteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Eight 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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