Health and Nutrition of Ellisburg, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty nine percent of Ellisburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 two "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 Ellisburg 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 two percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Ellisburg residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ellisburg residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Twenty one percent of Ellisburg residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eleven 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. One percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Twenty percent of people living in Ellisburg have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ellisburg 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

Four percent of Ellisburg 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. Sixty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty four percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty nine percent of people living in Ellisburg have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty two percent of people in Ellisburg frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty eight 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

Forty percent of people living in Ellisburg use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Ellisburg residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty eight percent of people living in Ellisburg 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 3.2 days per month on average. They have 3.9 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Ellisburg 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. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty one percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Ellisburg were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Ellisburg were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Ellisburg has vaginal or anal sex 50 times a year. Twenty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Ellisburg 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy four percent of Ellisburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty four percent of Ellisburg 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. Thirty one 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 six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seven 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. Nineteen 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty one percent of Ellisburg 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 one percent are overweight. Nineteen percent of people living in Ellisburg have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty one percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty two percent of births in Ellisburg were vaginal deliveries. Forty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Ellisburg have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eighty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ellisburg report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 48 percent of Ellisburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Ellisburg are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ellisburg spend $354 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. The average family in Ellisburg spends $136 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $77 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $20 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ellisburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 78 percent. Seventy five 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 nine 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. Thirty five percent of people in Ellisburg had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty percent of Ellisburg 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 one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Eighteen 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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