Health and Nutrition of Aaronsburg, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty one percent of Aaronsburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 24 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Aaronsburg 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). Aaronsburg 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 one days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Aaronsburg residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 173 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty nine percent of people living here are obese. Sixty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Aaronsburg residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fourteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen 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 four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Aaronsburg residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three 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 five percent of people living in Aaronsburg use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Aaronsburg residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eight percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Eleven 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Aaronsburg residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Aaronsburg 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 2.4 days per month on average. They have 3.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Aaronsburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Aaronsburg have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety three percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Aaronsburg 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Aaronsburg were 17 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. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Aaronsburg has vaginal or anal sex 57 times a year. Thirty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Aaronsburg 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Aaronsburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixteen percent of Aaronsburg 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. Fifty seven 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. Twenty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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. Thirty three 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 one 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Aaronsburg residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Forty four percent are overweight. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty six percent of births in Aaronsburg were vaginal deliveries. Forty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven 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 Aaronsburg report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 24 percent of Aaronsburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Aaronsburg are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Aaronsburg spend $329 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Aaronsburg spends $56 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $125 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Aaronsburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Ninety four 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. Thirty six percent of Aaronsburg population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty two 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. Twelve percent of people in Aaronsburg had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirty five percent of Aaronsburg 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. Thirty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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