Health and Nutrition of Anderson, AL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty eight percent of Anderson residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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 three 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

Anderson residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 19 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 18 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Anderson residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty five percent of people living here are obese. Twenty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Anderson 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

Fifty 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

Anderson 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

Hundred percent of people living in Anderson are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventy five percent of people in Anderson frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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 five percent of people living in Anderson use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Anderson residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventy five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Anderson residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Anderson have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.4 days per month on average. They have 2.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Anderson residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Anderson were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Anderson were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. Seventeen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Anderson has vaginal or anal sex 60 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Anderson 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Anderson residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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. Hundred 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 six 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent are overweight.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy seven percent of births in Anderson were vaginal deliveries. Twenty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Anderson report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 100 percent of Anderson residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Anderson spend $221 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. They spend $80 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Anderson report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 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. Fifty percent of Anderson population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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 Anderson had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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