Health and Nutrition of Salem, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty seven percent of Salem 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 three 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 two 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Salem 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). Thirty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Salem 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 two 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Salem residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 150 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty one percent of people living here are obese. Thirty seven percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Salem 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

Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Forty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty five percent of people living in Salem use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty four percent of Salem residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty seven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty six 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

Salem residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty nine percent of people living in Salem have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty two percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 1.9 days per month on average. They have 3.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety one percent of Salem residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Salem have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Salem 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.4 men on average. They have had 1.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Salem were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eleven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Salem has vaginal or anal sex 50 times a year. Twenty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Salem 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty five percent of Salem residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Ten percent of Salem 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 three 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eighteen 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. Forty 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 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 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Salem residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty two percent are overweight. Thirty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Sixteen percent have another thyroid problem. Ten percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy percent of births in Salem were vaginal deliveries. Thirty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twelve percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Salem report their general health condition on average at 43 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 27 percent of Salem residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Salem are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Salem spend $407 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Salem spends $82 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $153 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight 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 Salem report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Eighty 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty two percent of Salem population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Nine percent of people in Salem had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty seven percent of Salem residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twelve percent of Salem 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. Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty one percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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