Health and Nutrition of Nilwood, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Nilwood residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 five 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat two "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 Nilwood 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). Twenty nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Nilwood 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Nilwood residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 170 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty two percent of people living here are obese. Forty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixteen percent of people in Nilwood frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Nilwood use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty percent of people living in Nilwood 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 3.5 days per month on average. They have 6.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 23 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Nilwood residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eleven percent of males in Nilwood have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty one percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Nilwood 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 51 women. He has vaginal sex with 46 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on nine women. People in Nilwood were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty one percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Nilwood has vaginal or anal sex 62 times a year. Forty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Nilwood 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.0 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty eight percent of Nilwood residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Nilwood 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 three 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty six 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. Forty seven 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Nilwood residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty six percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Nilwood were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Ten 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 Nilwood report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Nilwood residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Nilwood are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Nilwood spend $453 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 32 percent of their income. The average family in Nilwood spends $98 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $177 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Nilwood report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Nine percent of Nilwood population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Thirteen percent of people in Nilwood had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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