Health and Nutrition of Blencoe, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Twenty five percent of Blencoe residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 30 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 two 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Blencoe resident last visited a dentist five years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twenty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Blencoe residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Blencoe residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 223 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 34. Seventy five percent of people living here are obese. Hundred percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy five percent of Blencoe residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Blencoe 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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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty five percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Thirteen percent of people living in Blencoe use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of Blencoe residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Blencoe residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy five percent of people living in Blencoe have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Blencoe 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Blencoe 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 20 women. He has vaginal sex with 17 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. The average person in Blencoe has vaginal or anal sex 166 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty five percent of households in Blencoe use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

Blencoe residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Seventy five percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Hundred percent of Blencoe residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Blencoe 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. Twenty 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. Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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. Seventy five 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 four 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 2.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Hundred percent are overweight. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Blencoe report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Blencoe residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Blencoe spend $438 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Blencoe spends $111 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $106 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Blencoe report their general condition of hearing on average at 90 percent. Hundred 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 five percent of Blencoe population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Hundred 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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Physical Functioning

Twenty five percent of Blencoe 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. Twenty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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