Health and Nutrition of Plainfield, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty one percent of Plainfield residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Plainfield resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Plainfield residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Plainfield residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty seven percent of people living here are obese. Sixty one percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Plainfield residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Plainfield 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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Taste & Smell

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

Sixty eight percent of people living in Plainfield are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three 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

Twenty two percent of people living in Plainfield use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Plainfield residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Plainfield have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 3.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Plainfield residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Plainfield were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.9 men on average. They have had 1.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Plainfield were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. The average person in Plainfield has vaginal or anal sex 42 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Plainfield 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. Thirty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty five percent of Plainfield residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixteen percent of Plainfield 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. Fifty six 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty five 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 1.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Plainfield 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". Forty five percent are overweight. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty four percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Plainfield were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Plainfield report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 18 percent of Plainfield residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Plainfield are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Plainfield spend $357 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 34 percent of their income. The average family in Plainfield spends $49 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $111 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $11 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Plainfield report their general condition of hearing on average at 78 percent. Ninety 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty nine percent of Plainfield population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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

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

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