Health and Nutrition of Corydon, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Corydon residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 six 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 four "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 Corydon 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty four percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Corydon 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 four 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Corydon residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 167 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty three percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty eight percent of Corydon 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. Two percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Corydon have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Corydon 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

Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Sixty eight percent of people living in Corydon are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eighteen percent of people living in Corydon have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eighteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty three percent of people in Corydon frequently check their blood cholesterol. Nine 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 Corydon use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty seven percent of Corydon residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty five 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. Twenty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fourteen 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Corydon residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty six percent of people living in Corydon have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.7 days per month on average. They have 4.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Corydon 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. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Corydon 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. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty six percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Corydon were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 22 women. He has vaginal sex with 19 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Corydon were 17 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. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Corydon has vaginal or anal sex 69 times a year. Forty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Corydon 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty eight percent of Corydon residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty percent of Corydon 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 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. Forty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty six 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 two 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

Nine percent of Corydon residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty two percent are overweight. Seven percent of people living in Corydon have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty four percent of births in Corydon were vaginal deliveries. Forty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety one percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty seven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Corydon report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 66 percent of Corydon residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Corydon are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Corydon spend $352 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 Corydon spends $100 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $128 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 Corydon report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eight percent of Corydon population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty seven 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. Twenty one percent of people in Corydon had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Ten percent of Corydon 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. Twelve percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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