Health and Nutrition of Harristown, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty six percent of Harristown 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 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat four "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 Harristown 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eighteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Harristown residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Harristown residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 191 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twelve percent of people living in Harristown have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty 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

Harristown 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

Eighteen percent of Harristown 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eight percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty six percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty one percent of people living in Harristown are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people living in Harristown 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. Forty eight percent of people in Harristown frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty 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 nine percent of people living in Harristown use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eighteen percent of Harristown residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Ten percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Five 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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Prescription Medications

Harristown residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Harristown have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.6 days per month on average. They have 6.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 14 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Harristown residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Harristown have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Harristown were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 43 women. He has vaginal sex with 40 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 14 women. People in Harristown were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Harristown has vaginal or anal sex 80 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nine percent of households in Harristown use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Six percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty two percent of Harristown residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty six percent of Harristown 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 seven 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty seven 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. Forty four 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 six 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Nineteen percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. Eight percent have coronary heart disease. Nine 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 Harristown report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Eight percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Harristown residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eighteen percent of people living in Harristown are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Harristown spend $493 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. The average family in Harristown spends $121 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $226 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Harristown report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Seventy 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eleven percent of Harristown population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty six 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. Eighteen percent of people in Harristown had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Harristown 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. Ten percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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