Health and Nutrition of Alburnett, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Alburnett residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 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 Alburnett 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). Twenty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Alburnett 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 three 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 Alburnett residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 200 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Fifty one percent of people living here are obese. Sixty seven percent have ever been obese. Fifty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy one percent of Alburnett residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Sixty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Alburnett 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

Five percent of Alburnett 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. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty two percent of people living in Alburnett are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirteen percent of people living in Alburnett 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 seven percent of people in Alburnett frequently check their blood cholesterol. 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

Twenty eight percent of people living in Alburnett use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Alburnett residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Eleven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. 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

Eighty three percent of people living in Alburnett have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.5 days per month on average. They have 14.7 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Alburnett residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Alburnett were 15 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. People in Alburnett were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Alburnett has vaginal or anal sex 70 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty seven percent of households in Alburnett use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty three percent of Alburnett residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty nine percent of Alburnett 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. Forty eight 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 five 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 seven 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Alburnett residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty nine percent are overweight. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Alburnett report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 62 percent of Alburnett residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Alburnett are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Alburnett spend $334 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Alburnett spends $92 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $139 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 Alburnett report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety two 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. Thirty four percent of Alburnett population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy three 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. Twenty eight percent of people in Alburnett had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty two percent of Alburnett 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 of Alburnett 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. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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