Health and Nutrition of Fairdale, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Fairdale residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Fairdale resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twenty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Fairdale residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 four 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Fairdale residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Twenty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Forty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty four percent of Fairdale residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty three percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Fairdale have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Seven percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Fairdale 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

Nine percent of Fairdale 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. Twenty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Forty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty five percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty two percent of people in Fairdale frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Fairdale use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Fairdale residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty four percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fifteen 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

Ninety one percent of people living in Fairdale have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.4 days per month on average. They have 2.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Fairdale residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Fairdale have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty two percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Fairdale 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 22 women. He has vaginal sex with 21 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.8 men on average. People in Fairdale were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Fairdale has vaginal or anal sex 64 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Fairdale 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Thirteen percent of households in Fairdale use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Six percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Fairdale residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Fairdale 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. Thirty six 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty seven 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. Eighty 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Seventeen percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever been told they had gout.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty nine percent of births in Fairdale were vaginal deliveries. Forty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Fairdale report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. One percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 51 percent of Fairdale residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Fairdale spend $413 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Fairdale spends $127 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $172 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Fairdale report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty five 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seven percent of Fairdale population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty two 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 two percent of people in Fairdale had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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