Health and Nutrition of Panorama Park, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty one percent of Panorama Park residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 31 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.

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Oral Health

The average Panorama Park 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 percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Panorama Park residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 57 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Panorama Park residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 117 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 22. Thirteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Fifteen percent of people living in Panorama Park have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Panorama Park 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

Sixty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty nine percent of people living in Panorama Park are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty four percent of people living in Panorama Park have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty four percent of people in Panorama Park frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty 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

Sixty two percent of people living in Panorama Park use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eleven percent of Panorama Park residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things.

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Prescription Medications

Panorama Park residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Sexual Behavior

Sixty nine percent of Panorama Park residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Panorama Park were 21 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Panorama Park were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eight percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Twenty nine percent have sex without using a condom.

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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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Nineteen percent of Panorama Park residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirteen percent are overweight. Eight 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. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Nine percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy three percent of births in Panorama Park were vaginal deliveries. Twenty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirteen percent of women in Panorama Park have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eight percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Panorama Park report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Four percent of people living in Panorama Park are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Panorama Park spend $400 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 Panorama Park spends $58 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $97 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Panorama Park report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty three 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 five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirteen percent of Panorama Park population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Six percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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