Health and Nutrition of Daleville, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Daleville 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 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "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 Daleville 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Daleville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Daleville residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 151 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty two percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Forty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty three percent of Daleville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Twenty percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Nineteen percent of people living in Daleville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty 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

Daleville 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

Six percent of Daleville 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 four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Sixteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy two percent of people living in Daleville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty five percent of people living in Daleville have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty seven percent of people in Daleville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifteen 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 two percent of people living in Daleville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Nineteen percent of Daleville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty 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 three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nineteen 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. Twenty two 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Daleville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Daleville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twelve percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 7.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 30 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Daleville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Daleville 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 three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty three percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Daleville 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 29 women. He has vaginal sex with 30 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 four women. People in Daleville were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Daleville has vaginal or anal sex 54 times a year. Thirty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Daleville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty three percent of Daleville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent of Daleville 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 eight 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 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. Thirty nine 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 0.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Daleville 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". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty six percent are overweight. Nine percent of people living in Daleville have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy seven percent of births in Daleville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Ten percent of women in Daleville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fifty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty 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 Daleville report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 40 percent of Daleville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Daleville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Daleville spend $445 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Daleville spends $109 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $127 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Daleville report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 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. Nine percent of Daleville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Fourteen percent of people in Daleville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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