Health and Nutrition of Palmer, TN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Palmer 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 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 five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Palmer 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 eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Palmer residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 11 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Palmer residents 16 years and older is 58 inches. The average weight is 145 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty percent of Palmer residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Palmer 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

Four percent of Palmer 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. Sixty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety one percent of people living in Palmer are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty five percent of people living in Palmer have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty four percent of people in Palmer frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty seven 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

Seventeen percent of people living in Palmer use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifteen percent of Palmer residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty eight percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty eight percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty seven 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.

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Prescription Medications

Palmer residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty eight percent of people living in Palmer have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.4 days per month on average. They have 6.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 12 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Palmer residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Palmer have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Palmer were 18 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 nine women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.1 men on average. They have had 0.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Palmer were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Palmer has vaginal or anal sex 30 times a year. Females in Palmer 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. Fifty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty two percent of Palmer residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nine percent of Palmer 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. Eighteen 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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 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 0.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Palmer residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Eight percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty nine percent are overweight. Nineteen percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Seventeen percent of people living in Palmer have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eleven percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Two percent have ever had emphysema. Six percent have another thyroid problem. One percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Fourteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy seven percent of births in Palmer were vaginal deliveries. Twenty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty one percent of women in Palmer have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventeen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Twenty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Palmer report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 22 percent of Palmer residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seventeen percent of people living in Palmer are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Palmer spend $460 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Palmer spends $88 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $118 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Palmer report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Eighty four 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. Eighty nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty three percent of Palmer population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty eight 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. Six percent of people in Palmer had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty percent of Palmer 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. Forty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Ten percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty two percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Nine percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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