Health and Nutrition of Steeleville, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty seven percent of Steeleville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 24 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Steeleville resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Fourteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Steeleville 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 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Steeleville residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Fifty four percent of people living here are obese. Sixty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty seven percent of Steeleville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen 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. Four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Nine percent of people living in Steeleville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Steeleville 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

Eight percent of Steeleville 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. Seventy one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty four percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy five percent of people living in Steeleville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty five percent of people in Steeleville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty 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 three percent of people living in Steeleville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Steeleville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Steeleville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 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 seven percent of Steeleville 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 six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Nine percent of males in Steeleville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Steeleville 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.4 men on average. They have had 0.9 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Steeleville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Twelve percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Steeleville has vaginal or anal sex 40 times a year. Forty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Steeleville 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. Forty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Ten percent of households in Steeleville use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Steeleville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Steeleville 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. Fifty four 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. Twenty four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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 three 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 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Steeleville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty seven percent are overweight. Nine 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. Nine percent of people living in Steeleville have ever received a blood transfusion. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Seven percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy two percent of births in Steeleville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.3 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Steeleville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Six percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Eighteen 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 Steeleville report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Nine percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 26 percent of Steeleville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Steeleville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Steeleville spend $378 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 27 percent of their income. The average family in Steeleville spends $80 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $124 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $26 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Steeleville report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Eighty eight 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 one percent of Steeleville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty four 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. Eight percent of people in Steeleville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty five percent of Steeleville 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. Thirty seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Thirteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty three 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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