Health and Nutrition of Manchester, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty four percent of Manchester residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 11 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.

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Oral Health

The average Manchester 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 four percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Manchester residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 54 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Manchester residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 154 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Sixty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Manchester residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Manchester have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy one 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

Manchester 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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Taste & Smell

Five percent of Manchester 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. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Ninety two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty seven percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty eight percent of people living in Manchester have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty two percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty nine percent of people in Manchester frequently check their blood cholesterol. Nineteen 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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Mental Health

Thirty percent of Manchester residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Manchester residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Manchester have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 5.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 54 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Manchester residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. People in Manchester 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 13 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 Manchester were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Manchester has vaginal or anal sex 88 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Manchester 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

Forty percent of Manchester residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty six percent of Manchester 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. Fifty four 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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. Seventeen 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty three percent of Manchester residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Sixty two 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. Nine percent of people living in Manchester have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have congestive heart failure. Four percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent have ever had emphysema. Three percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Manchester report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Manchester residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Manchester are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Manchester spend $365 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Manchester spends $119 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $85 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Manchester report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Ninety one 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 five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifty five percent of Manchester population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty five 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 seven percent of people in Manchester had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty nine percent of Manchester 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. Fifty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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