Health and Nutrition of East Gillespie, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of East Gillespie 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 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average East Gillespie 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). East Gillespie residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of East Gillespie residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 173 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty four percent of people living here are obese. Thirty eight percent have ever been obese. Twenty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty percent of East Gillespie residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in East Gillespie have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

East Gillespie 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

Twenty percent of East Gillespie 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. Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy nine percent of people living in East Gillespie are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty one percent of people living in East Gillespie have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty two percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty three percent of people in East Gillespie 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 eight percent of people living in East Gillespie use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

East Gillespie residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in East Gillespie have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 1.8 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of East Gillespie 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. Sixty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Ten percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in East Gillespie 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 25 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in East Gillespie were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Twenty three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in East Gillespie has vaginal or anal sex 45 times a year. Thirty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in East Gillespie 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.

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Sleep Disorders

East Gillespie residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty nine percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty two percent of East Gillespie residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seven percent of East Gillespie 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. Seventeen 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 seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twelve 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 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 seven 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

Sixteen percent of East Gillespie residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty eight percent are overweight. Twenty 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. Ten percent of people living in East Gillespie have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Ten percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Twenty eight percent of births in East Gillespie were vaginal deliveries. Seventy two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy two percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Fifty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in East Gillespie report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 34 percent of East Gillespie residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty two percent of people living in East Gillespie are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in East Gillespie spend $472 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in East Gillespie spends $45 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $97 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three 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 East Gillespie report their general condition of hearing on average at 71 percent. Eighty five 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. Eighty seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty seven percent of East Gillespie population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty two percent of East Gillespie 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 two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty two percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Twenty 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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