Health and Nutrition of Marklesburg, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Marklesburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 40 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. They get one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week.

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Weight

The average height of Marklesburg residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 140 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 23.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Marklesburg 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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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in Marklesburg are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Hundred percent of people in Marklesburg frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Prescription Medications

Marklesburg residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Marklesburg have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 2.0 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Marklesburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Marklesburg were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Marklesburg were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on six men in their lifetime. Females in Marklesburg 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 15 men on average.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Hundred 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 four 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Hundred percent are overweight.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy one percent of births in Marklesburg were vaginal deliveries. Twenty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery.

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Current Health Status

People living in Marklesburg report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 100 percent of Marklesburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Marklesburg spend $130 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 Marklesburg spends $40 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $60 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Marklesburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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