Health and Nutrition of Girardville, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty percent of Girardville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 23 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. They get one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Girardville 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). Eleven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Girardville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 30 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Girardville residents 16 years and older is 52 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Seventy three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty six percent of Girardville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twelve percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twelve percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Forty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Girardville 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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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people in Girardville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Forty one percent of people living in Girardville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty eight percent of Girardville 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 seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty four percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Forty six percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty three percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty two 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. Twelve percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Sixty three percent of people living in Girardville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. They have 2.7 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Girardville 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. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty six percent have ever had anal sex. People in Girardville were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Girardville were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Fourteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Girardville has vaginal or anal sex 117 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty percent of Girardville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty nine 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. 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. Twenty six 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 five 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twelve percent of Girardville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty four percent are overweight. Ten percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty two percent of births in Girardville were vaginal deliveries. Forty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.4 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety three percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Girardville report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Girardville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seventeen percent of people living in Girardville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Girardville spend $404 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Girardville spends $163 on food at other stores monthly. This is 11 percent of their income. They spend $129 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $31 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Girardville report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety seven 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. Twenty seven 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. Seven percent of people in Girardville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Girardville 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. Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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