Health and Nutrition of Royal, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Royal 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 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. People here eat four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Royal 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Royal residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Royal residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 184 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Sixty 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 nine percent of Royal residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Royal 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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Health Insurance

Fifty seven percent of people living in Royal are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Thirty percent of people living in Royal use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Royal residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty two 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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Alcohol use

Ninety five percent of people living in Royal have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.5 days per month on average. They have 6.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 26 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Royal residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Royal have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Royal 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 13 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.4 men on average. They have had 2.4 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Royal were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Royal has vaginal or anal sex 70 times a year. Forty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Royal 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Royal residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Royal 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. Thirty seven 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 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. Sixty one 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 five 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Sixteen percent of Royal residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty one percent are overweight. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fourteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Royal were vaginal deliveries. Fourteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety five percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight 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 Royal 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, 42 percent of Royal residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Royal are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Royal spend $456 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Royal spends $78 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $140 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Royal report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty five 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. Sixteen percent of Royal population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty five 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. Twenty two percent of people in Royal had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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