Health and Nutrition of Dushore, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Dushore residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat eight frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Dushore 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). Dushore residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Dushore residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 163 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Eighteen percent of people living here are obese. Nineteen percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy five percent of Dushore residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty two percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty two percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Dushore have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Eighty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Dushore 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

Eleven percent of Dushore 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. Five percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Forty four percent of people living in Dushore use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixty seven percent of Dushore residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Sixty two percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifty seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Dushore residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Dushore have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 6.3 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Dushore residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Nine percent of males in Dushore have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventy five percent have ever had anal sex. People in Dushore were 15 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 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Dushore were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Dushore has vaginal or anal sex 76 times a year. Females in Dushore 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 19 men on average. They have had 19 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty seven percent of Dushore residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen 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. Fifty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty four 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty five percent are overweight. Twenty two 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. Seventeen percent of people living in Dushore have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Five percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have ever had emphysema. Twelve percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty four percent of births in Dushore were vaginal deliveries. Sixteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Dushore report their general health condition on average at 39 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 52 percent of Dushore residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Dushore are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Dushore spend $275 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Dushore spends $124 on food at other stores monthly. This is 11 percent of their income. They spend $87 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Dushore report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Eighty two 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 five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Dushore 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty eight percent of Dushore residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Fifteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Fifteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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