Health and Nutrition of Ottoville, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Ottoville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 five 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Ottoville 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). Nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Ottoville 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 six 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 Ottoville residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty nine percent of people living here are obese. Thirty one percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Ottoville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven 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. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ottoville 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

Nine percent of Ottoville 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. Sixty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people in Ottoville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seven 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

Forty four percent of people living in Ottoville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Eighty one percent of people living in Ottoville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Ten percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.7 days per month on average. They have 4.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Ottoville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Ottoville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Ottoville 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.0 men on average. They have had 2.1 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Ottoville were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Ottoville has vaginal or anal sex 80 times a year. Forty one percent have sex without using a condom. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty five percent of Ottoville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty four percent of Ottoville 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 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 two 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 three 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 five 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Ottoville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty one percent are overweight. Twelve percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy five percent of births in Ottoville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Fourteen percent of women in Ottoville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fifty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ottoville report their general health condition on average at 67 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Ottoville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Ottoville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ottoville spend $365 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 12 percent of their income. The average family in Ottoville spends $80 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $232 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $40 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ottoville report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Eighty nine 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. Eight percent of Ottoville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty seven 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. Seventeen percent of people in Ottoville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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