Health and Nutrition of Albany, VT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty nine percent of Albany residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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. They get one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat five "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Albany 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). Twenty nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Albany 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Albany residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 185 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 35. Fifty seven percent of people living here are obese. Seventy one percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty six percent of Albany residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Fourteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Fourteen percent of people living in Albany have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have 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

Albany 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

Twenty nine percent of Albany 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. Fourteen percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Eighty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fourteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty nine 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

Eighty six percent of people living in Albany are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people living in Albany have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty three percent of people in Albany frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty five 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 seven percent of people living in Albany use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Albany residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fourteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 2.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Albany residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Albany were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Albany were 22 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. The average person in Albany has vaginal or anal sex 52 times a year. Seventy one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Albany 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty seven percent of Albany residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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. Twenty nine 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 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 0.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty nine percent of Albany residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fifty seven percent are overweight. Fourteen percent of people living in Albany have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy five percent of births in Albany were vaginal deliveries. Twenty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty nine percent of women in Albany have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fourteen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Eighty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen 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 Albany report their general health condition on average at 46 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 29 percent of Albany residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seventeen percent of people living in Albany are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Albany spend $259 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 29 percent of their income. The average family in Albany spends $171 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $103 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $24 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Albany report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Eighty six 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. 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fifty seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Fourteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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