Health and Nutrition of Hymera, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty nine percent of Hymera 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 one 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Hymera resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twenty nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Hymera 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 two 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Hymera residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 180 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty six percent of people living here are obese. Sixty one percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Forty 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

Hymera 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people living in Hymera have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nineteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Mental Health

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

Hymera residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Hymera have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average. They have 4.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 42 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Hymera 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. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Hymera 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 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. The average person in Hymera has vaginal or anal sex 126 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty seven percent of Hymera residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty eight percent of Hymera 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 nine 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 eight 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. Forty 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 2.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty eight percent of Hymera residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seventy two percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nineteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eleven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Current Health Status

People living in Hymera report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Hymera residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Hymera spend $389 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 Hymera spends $110 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 14 percent of their income. They also spend $36 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Hymera 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty nine percent of Hymera population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Eighty 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. Nineteen percent of people in Hymera had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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