Health and Nutrition of Sylvester, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of Sylvester residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 nine 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.

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Oral Health

The average Sylvester 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). Thirty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Sylvester residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 three 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 Sylvester residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25. Twenty two percent of people living here are obese. Thirty one percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty four percent of Sylvester residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eleven 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. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Sylvester 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

Ten percent of Sylvester 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. Seven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty nine percent of people living in Sylvester are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine 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

Sixty four percent of people living in Sylvester use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty seven percent of Sylvester residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fourteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty six 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Ninety seven percent of people living in Sylvester have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.5 days per month on average. They have 3.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 22 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Sylvester residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Sylvester have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Fifty percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Sylvester were 19 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 13 women. People in Sylvester were 21 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. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Sylvester has vaginal or anal sex 38 times a year. Twenty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Sylvester 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Sylvester residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Sylvester 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. Twenty five 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. Sixty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty two 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 one 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 2.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twelve percent are overweight. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Sylvester were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Sylvester report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 20 percent of Sylvester residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Sylvester spend $308 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 Sylvester spends $64 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $219 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Sylvester report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Ninety two 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty five 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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