Health and Nutrition of Farnam, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Farnam residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal eight 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 two 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Farnam 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Farnam residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Farnam residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 205 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Sixty nine percent of people living here are obese. Sixty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty eight percent of Farnam residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seventeen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Farnam 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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Health Insurance

Fifty six percent of people living in Farnam are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Eleven 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

Fifteen percent of people living in Farnam use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Farnam have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 6.6 days per month on average. They have 6.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 38 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Farnam residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Fifty percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Farnam were 14 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 10 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 20 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 3.5 men on average. People in Farnam were 17 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. Fifty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Farnam 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Farnam residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty two percent of Farnam residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty four percent of Farnam 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. Sixty seven 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. Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Hundred 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 three 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

Twenty two percent of Farnam residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty four percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Ninety two percent of births in Farnam were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Farnam report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 83 percent of Farnam residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty two percent of people living in Farnam are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Farnam spend $391 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 Farnam spends $89 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $52 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Farnam report their general condition of hearing on average at 92 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty two percent of Farnam population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty nine 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. Thirty one percent of people in Farnam had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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