Health and Nutrition of Le Roy, MI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty five percent of Le Roy residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 26 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Le Roy resident last visited a dentist four years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Eighteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Le Roy residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Le Roy residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 220 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 33. Seventy one percent of people living here are obese. Ninety four percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty two percent of Le Roy residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eleven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eleven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Le Roy have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Eighteen percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Le Roy 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

Ten percent of Le Roy residents above the age of 40 have problems with their ability to smell, such as not being able to smell things or things not smelling the way they are supposed to. Ten 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 Le Roy are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eighteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventeen percent of people in Le Roy frequently check their blood cholesterol. Ten 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

Sixteen percent of people living in Le Roy use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty six percent of Le Roy residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Forty one percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty four percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirty six 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

Le Roy residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Le Roy have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eighteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. They have 4.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Le Roy 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Le Roy were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 26 women. He has vaginal sex with 23 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Le Roy were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Le Roy has vaginal or anal sex 153 times a year. Fifty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eighteen percent of households in Le Roy use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Hundred percent of Le Roy residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Le Roy 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. Forty one 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty seven 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. Sixty five 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventy one percent are overweight. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eighteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Current Health Status

People living in Le Roy report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 29 percent of Le Roy residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eleven percent of people living in Le Roy are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Le Roy spend $433 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Le Roy spends $110 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $98 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Le Roy report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Eighty three 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 four percent of Le Roy 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. Eleven percent of people in Le Roy had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Ten percent of Le Roy residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty four percent of Le Roy 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. Twenty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eighteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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