Health and Nutrition of Limestone, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty percent of Limestone residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 26 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Limestone 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Limestone residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 58 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 one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 18 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Limestone residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 195 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty three percent of people living here are obese. Seventy six percent have ever been obese. Sixteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty nine percent of Limestone residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Twenty two percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Limestone 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

Sixty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty nine percent of people living in Limestone use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Limestone residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Limestone have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.1 days per month on average. They have 6.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 11 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Limestone 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex. Ten percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Limestone 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 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Limestone 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. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Limestone has vaginal or anal sex 97 times a year. Fifty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Limestone 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 0.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Limestone residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty six percent of Limestone 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. Seventy 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. Twenty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eighteen 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Fifty percent are overweight. Twelve percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Limestone were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 94.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Eleven percent of women in Limestone have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventy eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Limestone report their general health condition on average at 46 percent. Eight percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Limestone residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Fifteen percent of people living in Limestone are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Limestone spend $483 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Limestone spends $72 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $123 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $52 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Limestone report their general condition of hearing on average at 61 percent. Seventy four 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. Fifteen percent of Limestone population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty three 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 two percent of people in Limestone had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty five percent of Limestone 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. Forty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Three percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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