Health and Nutrition of Camden-on-Gauley, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty seven percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents report that their diet is generally healthy. 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 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 Camden-on-Gauley 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). Thirty three percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Camden-on-Gauley residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 58 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 Camden-on-Gauley residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 132 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Sixty seven percent of people living here are obese. Thirty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Camden-on-Gauley 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 ever had their tonsils removed. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Sixty seven percent of people living in Camden-on-Gauley are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three percent of people living in Camden-on-Gauley 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 three percent of people in Camden-on-Gauley frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

Thirty three percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Camden-on-Gauley residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Camden-on-Gauley have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.3 days per month on average. They have 4.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 60 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. People in Camden-on-Gauley 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 13 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 two women. The average person in Camden-on-Gauley has vaginal or anal sex 133 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Camden-on-Gauley residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty three percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Camden-on-Gauley 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. Sixty seven 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. Thirty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty three 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. 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 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 2.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Sixty seven percent are overweight. Thirty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Camden-on-Gauley report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Camden-on-Gauley spend $345 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Camden-on-Gauley spends $131 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $81 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Camden-on-Gauley report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Hundred 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. Sixty seven 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. Thirty three percent of people in Camden-on-Gauley had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Sixty seven percent of Camden-on-Gauley residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

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

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