Health and Nutrition of Kipton, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty percent of Kipton residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 four 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Kipton 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). Kipton residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Kipton residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty percent of people living here are obese. Thirty two percent have ever been obese. Forty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Kipton have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty 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

Kipton 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

Eighty five percent of people living in Kipton are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty three percent of people in Kipton frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty percent of people living in Kipton use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty nine percent of Kipton residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty 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 seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty seven 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 five percent of people living in Kipton have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.7 days per month on average. They have 6.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 18 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Kipton residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventy four percent have ever had anal sex. People in Kipton were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Kipton were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Kipton has vaginal or anal sex 107 times a year. Fifty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Kipton 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty seven percent of Kipton residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

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. Thirty nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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. Fifty one 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Kipton residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Nine percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty five percent are overweight. Six percent of people living in Kipton have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty eight percent of births in Kipton were vaginal deliveries. Thirty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy four percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty seven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Kipton report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 71 percent of Kipton residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Kipton are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Kipton spend $329 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 33 percent of their income. The average family in Kipton spends $66 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $146 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Kipton report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Seventy seven 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 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 Kipton had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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