Health and Nutrition of Midland, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Twenty nine percent of Midland residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 28 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 Midland 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). Twenty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Midland residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 39 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Midland residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 205 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 33. Sixty eight percent of people living here are obese. Eighty eight percent have ever been obese. Fifty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Midland residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Midland 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

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Twenty two percent of people living in Midland use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Midland residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy one percent of people living in Midland have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Midland 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 percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. People in Midland 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 20 women. He has vaginal sex with 17 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. People in Midland were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Midland has vaginal or anal sex 154 times a year. Fifty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Midland 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty nine percent of Midland residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Midland 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 seven 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. Forty four 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 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 four 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Midland residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eighty four percent are overweight. Twenty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty eight percent of births in Midland were vaginal deliveries. Thirty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Midland report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Midland residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Midland spend $438 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 Midland spends $116 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $119 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $39 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Midland report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety nine 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. Nineteen percent of Midland population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Eighty one 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.

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Physical Functioning

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

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