Health and Nutrition of Gainesville, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Eighty percent of Gainesville 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 two 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. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Gainesville 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). Forty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Gainesville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 70 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Gainesville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 142 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty percent of people living here are obese. Twenty percent have ever been obese. Hundred percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Twenty percent of people living in Gainesville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy 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

Gainesville 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 percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in Gainesville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Forty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Gainesville residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Forty percent of people living in Gainesville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.6 days per month on average. They have 3.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Gainesville 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. Twenty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Gainesville were 24 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Gainesville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.

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Sleep Disorders

Gainesville residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Physical Activity

Forty 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 percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixty 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

Twenty percent of Gainesville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty percent are overweight. Forty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Gainesville were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Gainesville report their general health condition on average at 35 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Gainesville spend $280 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is eight percent of their income. The average family in Gainesville spends $140 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $240 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Gainesville report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty 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. Twenty percent of Gainesville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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 percent of people in Gainesville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Forty percent of Gainesville 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 percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty 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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