Health and Nutrition of Leona, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty six percent of Leona residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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 one 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 Leona 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). Thirty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Leona residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 35 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Leona residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 135 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy percent of Leona residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Fifteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty seven percent of people living in Leona have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy two percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Leona 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. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Eighty three percent of people living in Leona are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people living in Leona have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty nine percent of people in Leona frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty 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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Dermatology

Twenty one percent of people living in Leona use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Leona residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Leona have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.9 days per month on average. They have 4.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 22 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Leona 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. Fifty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex. Eleven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Leona 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 nine women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Leona were 18 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. The average person in Leona has vaginal or anal sex 59 times a year. Twenty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Leona 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Leona residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Leona 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 one 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. Thirty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty eight 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. Fifty 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Leona residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Sixty two percent are overweight. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty one percent of births in Leona were vaginal deliveries. Thirty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Sixteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Leona report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 51 percent of Leona residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Leona spend $375 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 Leona spends $118 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $86 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $13 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Leona report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Ninety seven 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. Forty two percent of Leona population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty two 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. Thirteen percent of people in Leona had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Seventeen percent of Leona 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. Nineteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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