Health and Nutrition of Cedar Vale, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Cedar Vale residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 two "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 Cedar Vale resident last visited a dentist one 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. Cedar Vale residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Cedar Vale residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 153 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Thirty seven percent have ever been obese. Fifty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty two percent of Cedar Vale residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Cedar Vale 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

Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Five percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty four percent of people living in Cedar Vale are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twelve percent of people living in Cedar Vale have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty four percent of people in Cedar Vale frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seventeen 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 seven percent of people living in Cedar Vale use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Nineteen percent of Cedar Vale residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eighteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifteen 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. One percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Cedar Vale residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Cedar Vale have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four 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 4.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Cedar Vale residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ten percent of males in Cedar Vale have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty five percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Cedar Vale 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.2 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Cedar Vale were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Cedar Vale has vaginal or anal sex 44 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Cedar Vale 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Cedar Vale 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 Cedar Vale residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nine percent of Cedar Vale 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 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. Forty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nineteen 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. Sixty 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Two 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. Twenty seven percent are overweight. Eleven 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. Eight percent of people living in Cedar Vale have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have congestive heart failure. Five percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Four percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Cedar Vale were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy one percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Six 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 Cedar Vale report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Cedar Vale residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cedar Vale spend $426 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Cedar Vale spends $152 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $120 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight 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 Cedar Vale report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty eight 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twelve percent of Cedar Vale population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty one 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. Eleven percent of people in Cedar Vale had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Sixteen percent of Cedar Vale residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Cedar Vale 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. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Seven percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four 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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