Health and Nutrition of North Salem, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty eight percent of North Salem residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average North Salem 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). The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of North Salem residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 151 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 24.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of North Salem residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

North Salem residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Hundred percent of people living in North Salem are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people in North Salem frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of North Salem residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Hundred percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Prescription Medications

North Salem residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in North Salem have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.1 days per month on average. They have 2.5 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of North Salem residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Hundred percent have ever had anal sex. People in North Salem were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 15 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in North Salem were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in North Salem 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.

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Sleep Disorders

North Salem residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Hundred percent of North Salem residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty 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. Fifty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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 seven 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent are overweight.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in North Salem were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in North Salem report their general health condition on average at 38 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of North Salem residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in North Salem spend $290 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in North Salem report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Fifty 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. Fifty percent of North Salem population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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

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

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