Health and Nutrition of Island Pond, VT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of Island Pond residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 three 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Island Pond 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). Twenty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eighteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Island Pond residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 40 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Island Pond residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 179 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty four percent of people living here are obese. Fifty four percent have ever been obese. Forty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Island Pond 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. Two percent have ever used heroin. Fifteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Island Pond 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

Twelve percent of Island Pond 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. Sixty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty eight percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twelve percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy six percent of people living in Island Pond are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty one percent of people living in Island Pond have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty two percent of people in Island Pond frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty four percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Twenty nine percent of people living in Island Pond use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty five percent of Island Pond residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty five percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty nine 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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Prescription Medications

Island Pond residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Island Pond have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fourteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.3 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Island Pond residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Island Pond have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Island Pond 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 36 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 women. 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 five women. People in Island Pond were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Island Pond has vaginal or anal sex 45 times a year. Thirty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Island Pond 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Seventeen percent of households in Island Pond use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Nine percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Island Pond residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty seven percent of Island Pond residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Island Pond 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. Twenty seven 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 seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eighteen 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. Forty six 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

Seven percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty percent are overweight. Twenty percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Seven percent of people living in Island Pond have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Nine percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have congestive heart failure. Four percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Six percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have ever had emphysema. Nine percent have another thyroid problem. Thirteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy nine percent of births in Island Pond were vaginal deliveries. Twenty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirteen percent of women in Island Pond have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twelve percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Island Pond report their general health condition on average at 41 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 30 percent of Island Pond residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Island Pond are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Island Pond spend $444 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Island Pond spends $126 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $190 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven 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 Island Pond report their general condition of hearing on average at 78 percent. Eighty 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 four percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty percent of Island Pond population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty eight 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. Seventeen percent of people in Island Pond had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fifteen percent of Island Pond 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. Twenty seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Two percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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