Health and Nutrition of West Logan, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of West Logan residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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 two 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. 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 West Logan 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). West Logan residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 58 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of West Logan residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 183 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Twenty five percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of West Logan residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty five 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

West Logan 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty percent of people living in West Logan are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty five percent of people in West Logan frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Forty eight percent of people living in West Logan use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

People living here drink alcohol 5.4 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of West Logan 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Hundred percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent have ever had anal sex. People in West Logan were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 24 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in West Logan were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Twenty five percent have sex without using a condom. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty five percent of households in West Logan use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

West Logan 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 seven percent of West Logan residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of West Logan 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. Thirty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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 four 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 three 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

Fifty percent are overweight. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in West Logan were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in West Logan report their general health condition on average at 44 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of West Logan residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in West Logan spend $265 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. They spend $86 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in West Logan report their general condition of hearing on average at 97 percent. Hundred 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. Twenty five percent of West Logan population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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 five percent of people in West Logan had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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