Health and Nutrition of Emlenton, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Emlenton residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 11 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.

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Oral Health

The average Emlenton 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Emlenton residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 54 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 five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Emlenton residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 199 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Seventeen percent of people living here are obese. Thirty three percent have ever been obese. Eighty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Emlenton residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty three percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seventeen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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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

Emlenton 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 five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventy five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty seven percent of people living in Emlenton 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 take their blood pressure at home. Fifty percent of people in Emlenton frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty one percent of people living in Emlenton use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

Sixty seven percent of people living in Emlenton have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.7 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Emlenton 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Hundred percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Emlenton were 16 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 Emlenton were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Emlenton has vaginal or anal sex 57 times a year. Females in Emlenton 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Emlenton residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Seventeen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty seven percent of Emlenton residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Emlenton 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. Sixty 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. Fifty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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. Fifty 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 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty three percent are overweight. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Emlenton report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Emlenton residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Emlenton spend $235 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Emlenton spends $147 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $77 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $13 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Emlenton report their general condition of hearing on average at 90 percent. Hundred 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. Seventeen percent of Emlenton population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. 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. Thirty three percent of people in Emlenton had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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