Physical activity in Forest hills NY

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As part of an annual exercise the New York City conducts a health survey which is carried out through the telephone. Specifically the surveys are referred to as the community health surveys, which are carried out under the department of health and mental hygiene in the New York City. The survey has a wide range of focus, as it assesses the health of New Yorkers within the spectrum of risks associated with their behavioural factors and chronic diseases. Usually the questionnaires used have an average of 125 questions, all of which are categorized within several sections and among these sections is nutrition and physical activity, in borough Queens (New York City Health, 2010).
In the 2010 survey, queens had a population of 2,230,722 persons. Out of this population, 39.7% were Non-Hispanic, 22.9% Asians, 27.5% Hispanic and 19.1% were Non-Hispanic Blacks. Within the span of 2006 and 2010, the population’s median household income was at $55,291. FOREST HILLS New York, when assessed on the poverty scale, during the 2010 survey, clocked medium poverty (New York City Health, 2010). This is a rating that has more than 10% but below 20% level of poverty. The number of Hispanics in the neighbourhood were 39.8%, Non-Hispanic Blacks stood at 3.7% and the Non-Hispanic Whites 60.3%. the number of adults that had reported fair to poor health status in Forest Hills were 19.6%, 9.1% had a record of suffering from depression at one time, while those that had mental conditions and had received medical care and counselling were 59.2% though the data on this section is not reliable. Out of the 59.2% that had mental conditions, 9.1% are the only ones that have been told that they are suffering from the conditions, while 59.2% is the number that has received treatment and counselling within 12 months to the survey.
The numbers of adults that have had the chance to participate in physical exercises, such as running, walking, golfing, gardening or calisthenics within 30 days prior to the survey, are 71.3 %. While the percentage of the adults that actually had the chance to walk at the minimum of a single floor of a flight stair cases, every weekday whether at work or at home or in the subway, were 83.2%. Those that walked or cycled more than ten blocks, as they went to and from work, school, running daily errands or to the public transport within 30 prior to the study, stood at 74.1%. In addition, the percentage of the adults that had actually ridden a bicycle in the last year prior to the survey was 34.8%. as far as obesity is concerned within the population living in Forest Hills, adults that had a Body Mass Index that was greater than 30, were 19.7%, while the c...