Health and Nutrition of Saltaire, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Saltaire 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 five 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Saltaire 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). Saltaire residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 55 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Saltaire residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 140 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 24. Twenty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty five percent of Saltaire residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Saltaire 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

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty four percent of people in Saltaire frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Fifty seven percent of people living in Saltaire use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty three percent of Saltaire residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty seven 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 four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fourteen 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

Sixty nine percent of people living in Saltaire have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.4 days per month on average. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on seven days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Saltaire residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Saltaire were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 25 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Saltaire were 20 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. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Saltaire has vaginal or anal sex 89 times a year. Sixty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Saltaire 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Saltaire 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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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Saltaire 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 two 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 six 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. Fifty 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Fourteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eleven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Saltaire report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 46 percent of Saltaire residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Saltaire are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Saltaire spend $349 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. The average family in Saltaire spends $45 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $166 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $28 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Saltaire report their general condition of hearing on average at 93 percent. Ninety 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eight percent of Saltaire population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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. Eight percent of people in Saltaire had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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