Health and Nutrition of Middleville, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Middleville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 four of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Middleville 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). Middleville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Middleville residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Twenty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

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

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Dermatology

Thirty nine percent of people living in Middleville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eleven percent of Middleville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eighteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventeen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eight 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.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Middleville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.1 days per month on average. They have 5.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Middleville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Middleville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Middleville were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.7 men on average. They have had 1.9 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Middleville were 13 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Middleville has vaginal or anal sex 78 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty percent of Middleville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Middleville 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. Forty six 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 one 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 seven 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

Six percent of Middleville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seventeen percent are overweight. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Middleville report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Middleville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Middleville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Middleville spend $305 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Middleville spends $84 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $200 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $35 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Middleville report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Eighty eight 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. Seven percent of Middleville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty nine 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 six percent of people in Middleville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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