Health and Nutrition of Woolstock, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Woolstock residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 five 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 five "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 Woolstock 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). Woolstock 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Woolstock residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 219 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 34. Forty six percent of people living here are obese. Seventy two percent have ever been obese. Sixty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty five percent of Woolstock residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty one percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Woolstock 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty eight percent of people in Woolstock frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty six percent of people living in Woolstock use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

Seventy five percent of people living in Woolstock have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 7.6 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Woolstock residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Woolstock were 13 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. 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 1.7 men on average. They have had 1.2 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Woolstock were 13 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 Woolstock has vaginal or anal sex 42 times a year. Twenty seven 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

Twenty six percent of households in Woolstock 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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy two percent of Woolstock residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty six percent of Woolstock 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 two 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. Sixteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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. Twenty 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 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 three 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty nine percent are overweight. Fifty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Woolstock report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 68 percent of Woolstock residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Woolstock are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Woolstock spend $219 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Woolstock spends $41 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $108 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six 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 Woolstock report their general condition of hearing on average at 93 percent. Ninety 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. Twenty nine percent of Woolstock population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy eight 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. Forty one percent of people in Woolstock had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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