Health and Nutrition of Askov, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Askov 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 seven 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.

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Oral Health

The average Askov 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). Askov residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 56 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Askov residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 124 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 21. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Askov residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Twenty 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

Askov 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

Twenty five percent of people living in Askov are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Thirty one percent of people living in Askov use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty three percent of Askov residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty three percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Askov have at least one alcoholic drink per month.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Askov 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. People in Askov were 17 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 Askov were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Askov has vaginal or anal sex 143 times a year. Eighty three percent have sex without using a condom.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Hundred percent of Askov residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventy five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 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.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Askov were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Askov report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Askov residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Askov spend $457 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 10 percent of their income. The average family in Askov spends $63 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $304 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Askov report their general condition of hearing on average at 95 percent. Hundred 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. 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. Twenty five percent of people in Askov had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty five percent of Askov 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. Twenty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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