Health and Nutrition of What Cheer, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of What Cheer residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average What Cheer 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). Twenty eight 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). What Cheer 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 18 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of What Cheer residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 129 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty nine percent of What Cheer residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty three percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty five percent of people living in What Cheer have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

What Cheer 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

Forty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eighty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty two percent of people living in What Cheer are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people living in What Cheer have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty eight percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty five percent of people in What Cheer frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty two 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 four percent of people living in What Cheer use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of What Cheer residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty seven 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. Thirty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty four percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty eight percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eighteen 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. Ten percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

What Cheer residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in What Cheer have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.1 days per month on average. They have 6.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of What Cheer residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in What Cheer were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 32 women. He has vaginal sex with 32 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 10 women. People in What Cheer were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in What Cheer has vaginal or anal sex 38 times a year. Twenty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in What Cheer 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

What Cheer 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

Thirty eight percent of What Cheer residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixteen percent of What Cheer 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. Thirty nine 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. Forty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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 five 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 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 0.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty one percent are overweight. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty seven percent of births in What Cheer were vaginal deliveries. Forty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in What Cheer report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 20 percent of What Cheer residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in What Cheer are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in What Cheer spend $399 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in What Cheer spends $154 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $89 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in What Cheer report their general condition of hearing on average at 74 percent. Ninety 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. Ninety seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty two percent of What Cheer 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Seventeen percent of What Cheer residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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