Health and Nutrition of Paradise, PA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Paradise residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 one "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 Paradise 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Paradise 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 three 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Paradise residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 201 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Forty nine percent of people living here are obese. Sixty two percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty seven percent of Paradise residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nineteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eighteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Twelve percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Paradise have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Three percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Paradise 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

Forty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty seven percent of people living in Paradise are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people living in Paradise have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty seven percent of people in Paradise frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Paradise use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty two percent of Paradise residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifteen 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. Thirteen 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Sixty eight percent of people living in Paradise have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 6.1 days per month on average. They have 12.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 68 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Paradise 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. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seventeen percent of males in Paradise have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Paradise were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 15 women. People in Paradise were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eleven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Paradise has vaginal or anal sex 40 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Paradise 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 1.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Paradise residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty seven percent of Paradise 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 three 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Paradise residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". One percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty seven percent are overweight. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty one percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Five percent have another thyroid problem. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty seven percent of births in Paradise were vaginal deliveries. Forty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.1 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifteen percent of women in Paradise have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Four percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Nine percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Paradise report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 62 percent of Paradise residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Paradise are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Paradise spend $346 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Paradise spends $74 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $108 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Paradise report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety two 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Nineteen percent of Paradise population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty two 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. Twenty one percent of people in Paradise had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Paradise 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. Nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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