Health and Nutrition of Friedens, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Friedens residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 one 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 five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Friedens 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). Five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sixteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Friedens residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 59 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 three days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Friedens residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 146 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25. Seventeen percent of people living here are obese. Twenty three percent have ever been obese. Seventy percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty eight percent of Friedens residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Friedens 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

Fifty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty five percent of people living in Friedens are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty three percent of people in Friedens frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Fifty five percent of people living in Friedens use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Friedens residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy nine percent of people living in Friedens 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 3.7 days per month on average. They have 2.5 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Friedens residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Nineteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Friedens were 19 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Friedens were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on five men in their lifetime. The average person in Friedens has vaginal or anal sex 67 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Friedens 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty four percent of Friedens residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent of Friedens 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. Forty three 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty four 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 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Friedens residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty one percent are overweight. Seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty five percent of births in Friedens were vaginal deliveries. Thirty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Five percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Eighty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Friedens report their general health condition on average at 67 percent. Nine percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 54 percent of Friedens residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Thirteen percent of people living in Friedens are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Friedens spend $461 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Friedens spends $129 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $180 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $44 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Friedens report their general condition of hearing on average at 90 percent. Ninety 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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