Health and Nutrition of Shellsburg, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Shellsburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 two 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Shellsburg 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). Shellsburg residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Shellsburg residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 173 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Shellsburg residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Two percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Shellsburg residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero 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 six percent of people living in Shellsburg are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Twenty percent of people living in Shellsburg use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty three percent of Shellsburg residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Nineteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty one percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Sixteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fourteen 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. Twelve percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Shellsburg have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.4 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

Ninety five percent of Shellsburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Twelve percent of males in Shellsburg have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Shellsburg were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Shellsburg were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Shellsburg has vaginal or anal sex 61 times a year. Forty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Shellsburg 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty four percent of Shellsburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty percent of Shellsburg 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. Forty 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 eight 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 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 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

Eight percent of Shellsburg residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty nine percent of births in Shellsburg were vaginal deliveries. Sixty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Shellsburg report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Ten percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 24 percent of Shellsburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Shellsburg are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Shellsburg spend $430 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 34 percent of their income. The average family in Shellsburg spends $72 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $133 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Shellsburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 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. Ten percent of Shellsburg population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Eleven percent of people in Shellsburg had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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