Health and Nutrition of Verdigre, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Verdigre residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Verdigre resident last visited a dentist three 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. Eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Verdigre 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 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 15 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Verdigre residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 202 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty six percent of people living here are obese. Sixty three percent have ever been obese. Fifty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Verdigre residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seven percent have ever used heroin. Thirty two percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty seven percent of people living in Verdigre have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have 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

Verdigre 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Ten percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Verdigre use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Nine percent of Verdigre residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen 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

Verdigre residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Verdigre have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 8.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Verdigre residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Fifteen percent of males in Verdigre have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Verdigre were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 19 women. He has vaginal sex with 18 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 11 women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.0 men on average. They have had 1.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Verdigre were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Verdigre has vaginal or anal sex 103 times a year. Fifty six percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty four percent of Verdigre residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty six percent of Verdigre 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 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. Seventeen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty three 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 nine 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 four 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

Ten percent of Verdigre residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seven percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty three percent are overweight. Forty three 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. Twenty four percent of people living in Verdigre have ever received a blood transfusion. Twelve percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. Five percent have ever had emphysema. Three percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Verdigre report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Seven percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Verdigre residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Fourteen percent of people living in Verdigre are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Verdigre spend $340 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Verdigre spends $101 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $104 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Verdigre report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Eighty three 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. Ten percent of Verdigre population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy 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. Eighteen percent of people in Verdigre had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Sixty nine percent of Verdigre residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Eighteen 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 four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Ten 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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