Health and Nutrition of Janesville, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Janesville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 six 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 four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Janesville 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). Janesville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 36 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Janesville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 162 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Nineteen percent of people living here are obese. Twenty one percent have ever been obese. Twelve percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy percent of Janesville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Taste & Smell

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Forty percent of people living in Janesville use sunscreen.

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Prescription Medications

Janesville residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty percent of people living in Janesville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 5.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Janesville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Janesville 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. Fifty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Janesville 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 18 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 3.0 men on average. They have had 2.1 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Janesville were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Janesville has vaginal or anal sex 39 times a year. Twenty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Janesville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Forty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty four percent of Janesville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Janesville 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 three 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. Seventeen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty one 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. Twenty four 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.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Janesville were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in Janesville report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 16 percent of Janesville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Janesville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Janesville spend $359 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 28 percent of their income. The average family in Janesville spends $44 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $177 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Janesville report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Eighty six 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. Fifteen percent of Janesville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty three 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. Sixteen percent of people in Janesville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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