Health and Nutrition of Hooversville, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty three percent of Hooversville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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 six 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Hooversville 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 two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Hooversville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Hooversville residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty six percent of people living here are obese. Fifty three percent have ever been obese. Twenty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty six percent of Hooversville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nine percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Hooversville 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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Taste & Smell

Eight percent of Hooversville 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. Seventy one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people living in Hooversville have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty nine percent of people in Hooversville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Sixty three percent of people living in Hooversville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty two percent of Hooversville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty two 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. Twenty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Hooversville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Hooversville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.4 days per month on average. They have 2.7 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Hooversville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Sixteen percent of males in Hooversville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty seven percent have ever had anal sex. Twelve percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Hooversville were 19 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 20 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 10.2 men on average. They have had 2.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Hooversville were 20 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. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Twenty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Hooversville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty nine percent of Hooversville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty seven 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty eight 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. Thirty one 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 2.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Hooversville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty nine percent are overweight. Fifty percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. Twenty percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty percent of births in Hooversville were vaginal deliveries. Forty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Six percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Eleven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Hooversville report their general health condition on average at 66 percent. Twelve percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 23 percent of Hooversville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Hooversville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Hooversville spend $346 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Hooversville spends $62 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $223 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $27 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Hooversville report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Hundred 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 eight percent of Hooversville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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