Health and Nutrition of Scranton, ND Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Scranton 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 three 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Scranton 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). Scranton residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Scranton residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 157 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty percent of Scranton residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Scranton 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

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty four percent of people in Scranton frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Scranton use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty percent of Scranton residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty four percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty eight percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twelve percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twelve 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Seventy six percent of people living in Scranton 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 2.2 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety two percent of Scranton residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Scranton were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Scranton were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Twenty three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Scranton has vaginal or anal sex 97 times a year. Sixty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Scranton 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.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty six percent of Scranton residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Scranton 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 six 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 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 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Scranton residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eight percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty seven percent of births in Scranton were vaginal deliveries. Sixty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Scranton report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Scranton residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Scranton are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Scranton spend $388 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Scranton spends $77 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $138 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Scranton report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety four 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. Seventeen 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.

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