Health and Nutrition of Sherrodsville, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Sherrodsville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 one 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 Sherrodsville 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. Sherrodsville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 five 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Sherrodsville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty two percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Forty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Sherrodsville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Sherrodsville 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

Twenty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty nine percent of people living in Sherrodsville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty eight percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty nine percent of people in Sherrodsville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Eighteen percent of people living in Sherrodsville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fourteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirty 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.

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Alcohol use

Ninety three percent of people living in Sherrodsville 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 3.9 days per month on average. They have 7.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 30 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Sherrodsville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Sherrodsville 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Sherrodsville were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 10 women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Sherrodsville were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. The average person in Sherrodsville has vaginal or anal sex 32 times a year. Females in Sherrodsville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty three percent of Sherrodsville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty five 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. Eighty four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifteen 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. Eighty two 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 one 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

Thirty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Sherrodsville were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six 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.

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Current Health Status

People living in Sherrodsville report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Two percent of them donate blood.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Sherrodsville spend $544 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. This is 10 percent of their income. They spend $101 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 one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Sherrodsville report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Ninety seven 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. Forty 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.

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