Health and Nutrition of Epping, ND Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty five percent of Epping residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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. People here eat one "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 Epping resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Epping residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 28 percent. 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 11 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Epping residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 166 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Forty six percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Thirty 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

Epping 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 lost consciousness because of a head injury. Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy eight percent of people living in Epping are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty five percent of people in Epping frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Epping residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety nine percent of people living in Epping have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 9.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Epping residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Epping were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 59 women. He has vaginal sex with 58 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 10 women. People in Epping were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Epping has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Twenty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Epping 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had 10 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty eight percent of Epping residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nine 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 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 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 0.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Epping were vaginal deliveries. Fourteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 15 percent of Epping residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Epping spend $341 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 Epping spends $42 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $186 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Epping report their general condition of hearing on average at 73 percent. Sixty 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighty seven 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

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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