Health and Nutrition of Lyon Mountain, NY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Lyon Mountain residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lyon Mountain 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). Sixteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lyon Mountain residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 two 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lyon Mountain residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 194 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Sixty eight percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Eighty eight percent of Lyon Mountain residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Lyon Mountain have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Nineteen percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lyon Mountain 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

Seventeen percent of Lyon Mountain 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. Forty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Thirty seven percent of people living in Lyon Mountain are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty nine percent of people in Lyon Mountain frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eleven 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 four percent of people living in Lyon Mountain use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Lyon Mountain residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Lyon Mountain have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four 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 14.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 33 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Lyon Mountain residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Lyon Mountain were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 40 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Lyon Mountain were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Lyon Mountain has vaginal or anal sex 90 times a year. Sixty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Eighty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty two percent of Lyon Mountain residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty three percent of Lyon Mountain 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. Fifty 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. Thirty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty one 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. Thirty three 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty two percent are overweight. Twenty nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Seven percent have another thyroid problem.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lyon Mountain report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Seven percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Lyon Mountain residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Fourteen percent of people living in Lyon Mountain are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lyon Mountain spend $366 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Lyon Mountain spends $94 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $92 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lyon Mountain report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Eighty 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. Ten percent of Lyon Mountain population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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. Fourteen percent of people in Lyon Mountain had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Ten percent of Lyon Mountain 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. Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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