Health and Nutrition of Ocean Beach, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Ocean Beach residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 one "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 Ocean Beach 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). Sixteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Ocean Beach residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 63 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 four 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ocean Beach residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 194 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty six percent of people living here are obese. Fifty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty two percent of Ocean Beach residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Seventeen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ocean Beach 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

Eleven percent of Ocean Beach 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. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty nine percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty four percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy five percent of people living in Ocean Beach are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people living in Ocean Beach have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty seven percent of people in Ocean Beach frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Forty six percent of people living in Ocean Beach use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty percent of Ocean Beach residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Nineteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fourteen 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. Nine 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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Prescription Medications

Ocean Beach residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in Ocean Beach have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.5 days per month on average. They have 3.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Ocean Beach 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. Ninety three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Ocean Beach have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Ocean Beach 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 23 women. He has vaginal sex with 22 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 Ocean Beach were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Nine percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Ocean Beach has vaginal or anal sex 97 times a year. Fifty two percent have sex without using a condom. Forty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty one percent of Ocean Beach residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Ocean Beach 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. Fifteen 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. Fourteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty three 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 nine 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 seven 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Ten percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty seven percent are overweight. Nine percent of people living in Ocean Beach have ever received a blood transfusion. Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Five percent have congestive heart failure. Five percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Five percent have another thyroid problem.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ocean Beach report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 46 percent of Ocean Beach residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eleven percent of people living in Ocean Beach are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ocean Beach spend $513 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Ocean Beach spends $163 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $249 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ocean Beach report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty 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 percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eight percent of Ocean Beach population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty four 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. Twelve percent of people in Ocean Beach had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Ocean Beach 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. Fifteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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