Health and Nutrition of McVeytown, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty five percent of McVeytown residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 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 McVeytown 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). McVeytown residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 30 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of McVeytown residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Thirty percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty seven percent of McVeytown residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty 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

McVeytown residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero 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

Thirty six percent of people living in McVeytown are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of McVeytown residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty 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. Thirty three percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Nineteen 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. Nine percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in McVeytown have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.8 days per month on average. They have 8.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 46 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of McVeytown residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Twelve percent of males in McVeytown have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in McVeytown were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in McVeytown were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty one percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in McVeytown has vaginal or anal sex 60 times a year. Forty three percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty nine percent of McVeytown residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty percent of McVeytown 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. Thirty four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty three 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 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 3.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty nine percent of McVeytown residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty four percent are overweight. Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Current Health Status

People living in McVeytown report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 19 percent of McVeytown residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in McVeytown are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in McVeytown spend $394 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 33 percent of their income. The average family in McVeytown spends $72 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $155 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $44 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in McVeytown report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty one 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. Nineteen percent of McVeytown population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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. Nineteen percent of people in McVeytown had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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