Health and Nutrition of Gauley Bridge, WV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Gauley Bridge 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 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 three "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 Gauley Bridge 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). Thirty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Gauley Bridge residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 four 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Gauley Bridge residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty six percent of Gauley Bridge residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Four percent have ever used heroin. Twenty four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Gauley Bridge have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty 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

Gauley Bridge 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

Five percent of Gauley Bridge 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. Fifty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eighteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty eight percent of people living in Gauley Bridge are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nineteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty percent of people in Gauley Bridge frequently check their blood cholesterol. Sixteen 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

Twenty seven percent of people living in Gauley Bridge use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Gauley Bridge residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty eight 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. Thirty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eleven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty two 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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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in Gauley Bridge have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 25 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Gauley Bridge residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Gauley Bridge have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Nineteen percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Gauley Bridge 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. People in Gauley Bridge were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Gauley Bridge has vaginal or anal sex 47 times a year. Forty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Gauley Bridge 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent of households in Gauley Bridge use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Gauley Bridge residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent of Gauley Bridge 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. Forty nine 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 five 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. Sixty two 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Gauley Bridge residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty two percent are overweight. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twelve percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent have ever had emphysema.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Gauley Bridge were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Gauley Bridge report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 28 percent of Gauley Bridge residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Gauley Bridge are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Gauley Bridge spend $417 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Gauley Bridge spends $131 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $137 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $44 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Gauley Bridge report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty eight 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. Seventeen percent of people in Gauley Bridge had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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