Health and Nutrition of Elk Garden, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Elk Garden residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 two 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 seven frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Elk Garden 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). Elk Garden residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 31 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 30 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Elk Garden residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 157 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty two percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Elk Garden residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Eight percent of people living in Elk Garden have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Elk Garden 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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Health Insurance

Seventy five percent of people living in Elk Garden are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people living in Elk Garden 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 in Elk Garden frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

Thirty eight percent of Elk Garden 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 eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty five percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty five 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.

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Alcohol use

Fifty percent of people living in Elk Garden have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Elk Garden residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Elk Garden were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Elk Garden were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Elk Garden has vaginal or anal sex 97 times a year. Fifty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Elk Garden 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Elk Garden residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Seventeen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Elk Garden residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Elk Garden 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 five 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. Forty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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. Fifty 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 two 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty three percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have ever been told they had gout.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Elk Garden were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Elk Garden report their general health condition on average at 44 percent. Thirteen percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 29 percent of Elk Garden residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Elk Garden spend $385 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 54 percent of their income. The average family in Elk Garden spends $43 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $120 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $48 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Elk Garden report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eight percent of Elk Garden population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty six 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. Twenty five percent of people in Elk Garden had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Seventeen percent of Elk Garden 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. Thirty three percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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