Health and Nutrition of Pisgah, AL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Pisgah residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Pisgah 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). Eighteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Pisgah residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Pisgah residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 167 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty eight percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of Pisgah residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fourteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twelve percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twelve percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Pisgah have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty 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

Pisgah 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

Six percent of Pisgah 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 percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people living in Pisgah have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Seventeen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty seven percent of people in Pisgah frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eleven 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 seven percent of people living in Pisgah use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of Pisgah residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Seventeen 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

Pisgah residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Pisgah 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 3.5 days per month on average. They have 4.1 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 nine percent of Pisgah 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. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Pisgah have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Pisgah 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 27 women. He has vaginal sex with 20 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in Pisgah were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Nineteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Pisgah has vaginal or anal sex 56 times a year. Forty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Pisgah 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. Seventy eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty five percent of Pisgah residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Pisgah 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. Thirty one 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty four 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. Fifty eight 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 2.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Pisgah residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty three percent are overweight. Fourteen 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. Eight percent of people living in Pisgah have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nineteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Five percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty nine percent of births in Pisgah were vaginal deliveries. Thirty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy two percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eleven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Eleven percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Pisgah report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Pisgah residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Pisgah are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Pisgah spend $442 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Pisgah spends $112 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $142 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $38 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Pisgah report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 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. Sixteen percent of Pisgah population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Ten percent of people in Pisgah had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Sixteen percent of Pisgah 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. Nineteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Seven percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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