Health and Nutrition of Marengo, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty six percent of Marengo 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 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 one 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 Marengo 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). Thirty three percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Marengo residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 one 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Marengo residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Fifty two percent of people living here are obese. Thirty six percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty six percent of Marengo residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Marengo 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

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

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Twenty nine percent of Marengo residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Eight percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eight 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. Ten percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in Marengo have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 6.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 44 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Marengo residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ten percent of males in Marengo have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Marengo 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 12 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in Marengo were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Marengo has vaginal or anal sex 88 times a year. Forty four percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty nine percent of Marengo residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Marengo 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. Fifty two 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 six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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 three 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 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty one percent of Marengo residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty two percent are overweight. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Current Health Status

People living in Marengo report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Marengo residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Marengo are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Marengo spend $383 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Marengo spends $96 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $102 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Marengo report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety 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. Forty one percent of Marengo population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty four 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. Twenty three percent of people in Marengo had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Sixty seven percent of Marengo 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 seven percent of Marengo 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 nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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