Health and Nutrition of Dahlgren, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Dahlgren residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 four 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 two 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 Dahlgren 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Dahlgren 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Dahlgren residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 160 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Forty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Dahlgren residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fourteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in Dahlgren 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.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Dahlgren 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

Eight percent of Dahlgren 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. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eighteen 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 Dahlgren are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people living in Dahlgren have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twelve percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty percent of people in Dahlgren frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seven 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

Thirty five percent of people living in Dahlgren use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty two percent of Dahlgren 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 one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty two percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty one percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty four 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Dahlgren residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy percent of people living in Dahlgren have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fifteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.0 days per month on average. They have 5.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Dahlgren residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ten percent of males in Dahlgren have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Dahlgren 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 19 women. He has vaginal sex with 25 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 three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.4 men on average. They have had 1.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Dahlgren were 21 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. Nineteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Dahlgren has vaginal or anal sex 57 times a year. Forty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Dahlgren 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Dahlgren residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Dahlgren 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. Thirty five 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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. Thirty 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 five 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Dahlgren residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty five percent are overweight. Seven percent of people living in Dahlgren have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty three percent of births in Dahlgren were vaginal deliveries. Forty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.1 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Five 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 Dahlgren report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 48 percent of Dahlgren residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Dahlgren are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Dahlgren spend $431 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 34 percent of their income. The average family in Dahlgren spends $96 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $177 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 18 percent of their income. They also spend $26 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Dahlgren report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety two 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. Twenty two 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. Fourteen percent of people in Dahlgren had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Nine percent of Dahlgren 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. Eleven 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. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Three 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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