Health and Nutrition of Rio Grande, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Rio Grande residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 three 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Rio Grande 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Rio Grande 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 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 Rio Grande residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty eight percent have ever been obese. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty four percent of Rio Grande residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Ten percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Rio Grande have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Three percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande 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. Five percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fourteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty seven percent of people living in Rio Grande are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twelve percent of people living in Rio Grande have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty percent of people in Rio Grande frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eight 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

Twelve percent of people living in Rio Grande use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Rio Grande residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy six percent of people living in Rio Grande have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fifteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 4.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety four percent of Rio Grande residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Rio Grande have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex. Thirty one percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Rio Grande 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 26 women. He has vaginal sex with 24 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. People in Rio Grande were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Rio Grande has vaginal or anal sex 52 times a year. Thirty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Rio Grande 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent of households in Rio Grande use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Three percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty one percent of Rio Grande residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Rio Grande 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. Twenty eight 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. Forty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty seven 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 four 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Rio Grande residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty four percent are overweight. Twenty six 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. Five percent of people living in Rio Grande have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Rio Grande were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Rio Grande have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fifty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Rio Grande report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 51 percent of Rio Grande residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twelve percent of people living in Rio Grande are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rio Grande spend $361 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 39 percent of their income. The average family in Rio Grande spends $69 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $132 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $27 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Rio Grande report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety three 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty two 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. Seventeen percent of people in Rio Grande had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty five percent of Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande 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. Fifteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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