Health and Nutrition of Kistler, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Kistler 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 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.

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Oral Health

The average Kistler 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Kistler residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Kistler residents 16 years and older is 60 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty three percent of people living here are obese. Fifty one percent have ever been obese. Fifty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty eight percent of Kistler residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fourteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in Kistler 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. Three percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Kistler 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

Seven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Twenty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Fifty seven percent of people living in Kistler are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Twenty seven percent of people living in Kistler use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty percent of Kistler residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty six 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. Fourteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Sixteen 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. Five percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Kistler residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy four percent of people living in Kistler have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 4.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Kistler residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Kistler have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Kistler 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 19 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Kistler were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Kistler has vaginal or anal sex 78 times a year. Forty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Kistler 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty six percent of Kistler residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Kistler 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. Twenty 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. Forty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty two 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. Forty three 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Kistler residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty percent are overweight. Seven percent of people living in Kistler have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Forty seven percent of births in Kistler were vaginal deliveries. Fifty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.4 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Kistler report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 53 percent of Kistler residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eleven percent of people living in Kistler are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Kistler spend $407 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 Kistler spends $101 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $138 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Kistler report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Ninety three 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty one 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. Six percent of people in Kistler had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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