Health and Nutrition of Reasnor, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty six percent of Reasnor residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 26 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 four 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. People here eat two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Reasnor 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). Sixteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Reasnor residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 11 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Reasnor residents 16 years and older is 72 inches. The average weight is 219 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Eighty eight percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty three percent of Reasnor 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.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Reasnor 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Sixty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Reasnor are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people living in Reasnor have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Sixty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy five percent of people in Reasnor frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Fifty percent of people living in Reasnor use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Reasnor residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Prescription Medications

Reasnor residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Reasnor have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Reasnor residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. People in Reasnor were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. 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. People in Reasnor were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Sixty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Reasnor residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Reasnor 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. Eighty eight 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. Thirteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen 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. Thirty eight 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 four 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 2.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventy five percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventy five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Thirteen percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Current Health Status

People living in Reasnor report their general health condition on average at 34 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Reasnor spend $428 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 Reasnor spends $30 on food at other stores monthly. They spend $103 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $63 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Reasnor report their general condition of hearing on average at 53 percent. Seventy five 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. Seventy 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 five percent of people in Reasnor had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fifty percent of Reasnor 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.

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