Health and Nutrition of Rossmoor, NJ Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty seven percent of Rossmoor 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 three 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Rossmoor 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). Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Rossmoor residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 62 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 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Rossmoor residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Rossmoor residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rossmoor 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

Twelve percent of Rossmoor 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. Seventy six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety eight percent of people living in Rossmoor are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty one percent of people living in Rossmoor have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy nine percent of people in Rossmoor frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty seven 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

Fifty three percent of people living in Rossmoor use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Rossmoor residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy three percent of people living in Rossmoor have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twelve percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 7.4 days per month on average. They have 3.9 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Rossmoor residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eighteen percent of males in Rossmoor have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent have ever had anal sex. People in Rossmoor were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 13 women. People living here were on average 26 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. They have had 3.6 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Rossmoor were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. Eighteen percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Rossmoor 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. Ninety three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Rossmoor 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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Physical Activity

Ten percent of Rossmoor 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 six 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. Eighteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fourteen 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 five 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Rossmoor residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Four percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty eight 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. Twenty nine percent of people living in Rossmoor have ever received a blood transfusion. Eighteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have ever been told they had gout. Five percent have congestive heart failure. Ten percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had emphysema. Eighteen percent have another thyroid problem. Five percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy four percent of births in Rossmoor were vaginal deliveries. Twenty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty six percent of women in Rossmoor have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty seven percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Forty seven 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 Rossmoor report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 19 percent of Rossmoor residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Rossmoor are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rossmoor spend $318 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Rossmoor spends $63 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $172 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Rossmoor report their general condition of hearing on average at 71 percent. Ninety one 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. Twenty five percent of Rossmoor 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. Five percent of people in Rossmoor had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fourteen percent of Rossmoor 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. Twenty eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Twenty 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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