Health and Nutrition of Mystic, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Mystic residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal eight 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. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mystic 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). Mystic residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mystic residents 16 years and older is 72 inches. The average weight is 239 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 36. Fifty eight percent of people living here are obese. Eighty three percent have ever been obese. Seventy five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Sixty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mystic 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

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 had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty five percent of people in Mystic frequently check their blood cholesterol. 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 seven percent of people living in Mystic use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty 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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Alcohol use

Seventy five percent of people living in Mystic have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 9.1 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Mystic residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Mystic were 12 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.0 men on average. They have had 2.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Mystic were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Mystic has vaginal or anal sex 153 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty five percent of households in Mystic use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

Mystic residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy five percent of Mystic residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty eight percent of Mystic 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. Seventy five 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 three 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 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

Seventeen percent of Mystic residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eighty three percent are overweight. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mystic report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 100 percent of Mystic residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seventeen percent of people living in Mystic are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mystic spend $218 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Mystic spends $45 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $29 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mystic report their general condition of hearing on average at 100 percent. Hundred 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 Mystic population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Eighty 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. Forty two percent of people in Mystic had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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