Health and Nutrition of Wentworth, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Wentworth 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 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 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 five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Wentworth resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Wentworth residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wentworth residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Sixty six percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty nine percent of Wentworth residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Wentworth 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Eighty four percent of people living in Wentworth are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three percent of people in Wentworth frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty five 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

Twenty eight percent of people living in Wentworth use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Wentworth residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Wentworth 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 9.5 days per month on average. They have 5.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety four percent of Wentworth residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Wentworth were 14 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. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Wentworth has vaginal or anal sex 32 times a year. Twenty percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty five percent of Wentworth residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent of Wentworth 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. Eighteen 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. Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty three 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. Twenty 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 eight 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Wentworth residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty five percent are overweight. Fifty 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. Twenty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Wentworth report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 18 percent of Wentworth residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Wentworth are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wentworth spend $216 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Wentworth spends $111 on food at other stores monthly. This is 11 percent of their income. They spend $169 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 14 percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wentworth report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety six 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room.

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