Health and Nutrition of Durbin, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty three percent of Durbin 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 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 two 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Durbin 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty four percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Durbin residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Durbin residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 201 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Sixty four percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty three percent of Durbin residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Twenty 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

Durbin 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

Eighty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Sixteen percent of people living in Durbin use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Durbin residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seventeen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Durbin residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Durbin have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.4 days per month on average. They have 4.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 15 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Durbin 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. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Durbin have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Durbin 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 23 women. He has vaginal sex with 22 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. People in Durbin were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Durbin has vaginal or anal sex 68 times a year. Forty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nine percent of households in Durbin use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty six percent of Durbin residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Durbin 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. Fifteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty six 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 six 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 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Durbin residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty three percent are overweight. Twenty five 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. Nine percent of people living in Durbin have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have congestive heart failure. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had emphysema. Nineteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Durbin report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Durbin residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Durbin are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Durbin spend $285 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Durbin spends $28 on food at other stores monthly. They spend $102 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $39 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Durbin report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 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. Fifty 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. Eighteen percent of people in Durbin had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifty percent of Durbin 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 two percent of Durbin 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 eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Fifteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Nineteen 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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