Health and Nutrition of Mount Olive, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Mount Olive residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 three 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mount Olive 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty three percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Mount Olive residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 three 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mount Olive residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 171 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Forty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Mount Olive residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seventeen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Fifty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mount Olive 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

Nine percent of Mount Olive 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty one percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty two percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty one percent of people living in Mount Olive are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty two percent of people in Mount Olive frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twelve 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

Thirty five percent of people living in Mount Olive use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Mount Olive residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Mount Olive have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 3.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Mount Olive residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Mount Olive have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty two percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Mount Olive 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 57 women. He has vaginal sex with 53 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 Mount Olive were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Mount Olive has vaginal or anal sex 85 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Mount Olive 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had 10 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.6 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Mount Olive residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three percent of Mount Olive 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. Thirty four 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 percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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. Thirty eight 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. They use a computer or play computer games (including Playstation, Nintendo DS, or other portable video games) outside of work or school for 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Mount Olive residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty nine percent are overweight. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twelve percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Four percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy two percent of births in Mount Olive were vaginal deliveries. Twenty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mount Olive report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 46 percent of Mount Olive residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Mount Olive are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mount Olive spend $391 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Mount Olive spends $123 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $169 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $64 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mount Olive report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty eight 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifteen percent of Mount Olive 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. Eleven percent of people in Mount Olive had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twelve percent of Mount Olive residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Mount Olive 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. Twelve percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Three percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Nine percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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