Health and Nutrition of Pulaski, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty nine percent of Pulaski residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 10 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 two 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 eight frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Pulaski 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Pulaski residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Pulaski residents 16 years and older is 72 inches. The average weight is 206 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Sixty five percent of people living here are obese. Seventy one percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Pulaski residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty four percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Forty 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

Pulaski 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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Health Insurance

Forty two percent of people living in Pulaski are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifteen 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

Sixteen percent of people living in Pulaski use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty four 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

Hundred percent of people living in Pulaski have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 6.8 days per month on average. They have 4.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 32 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Pulaski residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Fifty six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Pulaski were 14 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. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.1 men on average. They have had 3.1 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Pulaski were 17 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. Fifty five percent have sex without using a condom. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Pulaski residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixty five percent of Pulaski 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. Ninety 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. Ninety 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 two 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty nine percent of Pulaski residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Sixty five percent are overweight. Six percent have another thyroid problem.

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Current Health Status

People living in Pulaski report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 88 percent of Pulaski residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Pulaski spend $315 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 35 percent of their income. The average family in Pulaski spends $98 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $44 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Pulaski report their general condition of hearing on average at 98 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. Twenty nine percent of Pulaski 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 nine percent of people in Pulaski had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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