Health and Nutrition of Fowlerton, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Fowlerton 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 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 one "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 Fowlerton 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). Fowlerton residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Fowlerton residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 168 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Fowlerton residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Fowlerton 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

Forty seven percent of people living in Fowlerton are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people in Fowlerton frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Nineteen percent of people living in Fowlerton use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty seven percent of Fowlerton residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty four 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.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Fowlerton have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 4.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 15 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety four percent of Fowlerton residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Sixteen percent of males in Fowlerton have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Fowlerton were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Fowlerton were 18 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. The average person in Fowlerton has vaginal or anal sex 68 times a year. Forty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Fowlerton 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty nine percent of Fowlerton residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty seven percent of Fowlerton 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 four 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. Thirty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty two 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. Forty seven 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 three 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Fowlerton residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Forty percent of births in Fowlerton were vaginal deliveries. Sixty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Fowlerton report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 27 percent of Fowlerton residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Fowlerton are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Fowlerton spend $436 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 35 percent of their income. The average family in Fowlerton spends $75 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $122 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Fowlerton report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 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. Ten percent of Fowlerton population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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. Eight percent of people in Fowlerton had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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