Sixty four percent of Junction City residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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.
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The average Junction City 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). Junction City 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.
The average height of Junction City residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 202 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty five percent of people living here are obese. Fifty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty percent have ever tried to lose weight.
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Nine percent of people living in Junction City have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Eighty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.
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Junction City residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two time at night (from time they go to bed at night until the time they get up in the morning).
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Eighteen percent of Junction City 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. Nine percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Eighty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eighteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.
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Hundred percent of people living in Junction City are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.
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Sixty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Eighty two percent of people in Junction City frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty five 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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Twenty two percent of Junction City residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Eleven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eleven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty two percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eleven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.
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Junction City residents on average take four prescription medicines.
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Eighty nine percent of people living in Junction City have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.8 days per month on average. They have 11.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 59 days a year.
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Hundred percent of Junction City 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. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Junction City 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 13 women. People in Junction City were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.
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Junction City residents 16 years and older usually get eight hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Eighteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.
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Nine percent of Junction City 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. Thirty six 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. Eighteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eighteen 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. Sixty 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 four 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 0.7 hours per day.
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Fifty five percent are overweight. Eighteen 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. Twenty seven percent of people living in Junction City have ever received a blood transfusion. Eighteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Nine percent have coronary heart disease. Nine percent have ever had emphysema. Nine percent have another thyroid problem. Eighteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.
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People living in Junction City report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Junction City residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eleven percent of people living in Junction City are left-handed.
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People in Junction City spend $418 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Junction City spends $85 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $65 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines.
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People living in Junction City report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 percent. Seventy 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 percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Junction City population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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 five percent of people in Junction City had off-work exposure to loud noise.
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Fifty five percent of Junction City residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.
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Nine percent of Junction City 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. Nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eighteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.
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