Health and Nutrition of Avoca, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty nine percent of Avoca residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat five "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 Avoca 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. Twenty eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Avoca 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Avoca residents 16 years and older is 60 inches. The average weight is 170 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty six percent of people living here are obese. Fifty three percent have ever been obese. Forty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty 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

Avoca 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

Thirty eight percent of people living in Avoca are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Thirty two percent of people living in Avoca use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Avoca have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.8 days per month on average. They have 4.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Avoca residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Avoca have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex. People in Avoca 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 12 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 0.9 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Avoca were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twelve percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Avoca has vaginal or anal sex 96 times a year. Forty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Forty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eleven percent of households in Avoca use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Five percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Avoca residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty four percent of Avoca residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty four percent of Avoca 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 six 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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. Thirty 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 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Avoca residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty seven percent are overweight. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty six percent of births in Avoca were vaginal deliveries. Thirty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty seven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Avoca report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 36 percent of Avoca residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Avoca are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Avoca spend $372 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Avoca spends $113 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $159 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $37 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Avoca report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety two 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. Forty four 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 three percent of people in Avoca had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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