Fifty four percent of Virginia City residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal nine 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 five 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 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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The average Virginia City 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Forty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Virginia City residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 21 teeth.
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The average height of Virginia City residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 159 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty eight percent of people living here are obese. Thirty six percent have ever been obese. Forty percent have ever tried to lose weight.
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Sixty four percent of Virginia City residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.
Sixty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.
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Virginia City 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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Twenty percent of Virginia City 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. Eighty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Forty two percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.
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Seventy two percent of people living in Virginia City are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.
Twenty one percent of people living in Virginia City have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty nine percent of people in Virginia City frequently check their blood cholesterol.
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Twenty percent of people living in Virginia City use sunscreen.
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Twenty three percent of Virginia City residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Five 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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Virginia City residents on average take one prescription medicines.
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Ninety nine percent of people living in Virginia City have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.8 days per month on average. They have 4.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 36 days a year.
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Hundred percent of Virginia City 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 two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Virginia City were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 16 women. He has vaginal sex with 15 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. People in Virginia City were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Virginia City has vaginal or anal sex 102 times a year. Fifty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.
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Eighteen percent of households in Virginia City use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.
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Virginia City residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Forty one percent of them have trouble sleeping.
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Thirty two percent of Virginia City residents currently smoke cigarettes.
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Twenty four percent of Virginia City 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. Forty two 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. Twenty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty eight 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 five 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 1.7 hours per day.
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Eighteen percent of Virginia City residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two 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. Thirty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.
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People living in Virginia City report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 57 percent of Virginia City residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Virginia City are left-handed.
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People in Virginia City spend $447 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. This is five percent of their income. They spend $279 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $10 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.
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People living in Virginia City report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifty four percent of Virginia City population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty four 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. Thirty nine percent of people in Virginia City had off-work exposure to loud noise.
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Thirty four percent of Virginia City residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.
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Thirty seven percent of Virginia City 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. Thirty seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.
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