Health and Nutrition of Rocklake, ND Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Rocklake residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Rocklake 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). Rocklake residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 54 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. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Rocklake residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 34. Eighty three percent of people living here are obese. Eighty three percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Rocklake have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rocklake 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

Seven percent of Rocklake 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Twenty nine percent of people living in Rocklake use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seventeen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Rocklake residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Rocklake have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.2 days per month on average. They have 11.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 48 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Rocklake 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. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex. Seventeen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Rocklake were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 24 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Rocklake were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Rocklake has vaginal or anal sex 40 times a year. Twenty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Rocklake 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Rocklake residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Nineteen percent of Rocklake residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen 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. Sixty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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. Hundred 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 four 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 use a computer or play computer games (including Playstation, Nintendo DS, or other portable video games) outside of work or school for 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent are overweight.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty nine percent of births in Rocklake were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seventeen 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 Rocklake report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 17 percent of Rocklake residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rocklake spend $792 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 29 percent of their income. The average family in Rocklake spends $183 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $92 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Rocklake report their general condition of hearing on average at 77 percent. Hundred 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. Sixty seven 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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