Health and Nutrition of Cowen, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty one percent of Cowen residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 four 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. 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 Cowen resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Cowen residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 39 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of seven days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Cowen residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 162 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty eight percent of people living here are obese. Sixty three percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Cowen residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero 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. Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty eight percent of people living in Cowen 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 living in Cowen have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure).

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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Cowen use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Cowen residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty percent of people living in Cowen have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 1.9 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Cowen residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Cowen have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Twelve percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Cowen were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 12 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 16 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Cowen were 18 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 Cowen has vaginal or anal sex 39 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Cowen 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty five percent of Cowen residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Cowen 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 eight 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Cowen residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Fifty one percent are overweight. Thirty five percent of people living in Cowen have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty six percent of births in Cowen were vaginal deliveries. Thirty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent of women in Cowen have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Thirty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Sixteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Cowen report their general health condition on average at 44 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 23 percent of Cowen residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Cowen are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cowen spend $508 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Cowen spends $53 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 12 percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Cowen report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Fifty nine 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. Sixty six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Cowen population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Nineteen 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 Cowen had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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