Health and Nutrition of Blakesburg, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty eight percent of Blakesburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 four 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

The average Blakesburg 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). Thirty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Blakesburg residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Blakesburg residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty two percent of people living here are obese. Twenty two percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty three percent of Blakesburg residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eleven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Eleven percent of people living in Blakesburg have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty 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

Blakesburg 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

Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty seven percent of people living in Blakesburg are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people living in Blakesburg have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty two percent of people in Blakesburg frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seventeen 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 two percent of people living in Blakesburg use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixty seven percent of Blakesburg residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty two percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty three percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty two 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.

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Prescription Medications

Blakesburg residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Blakesburg have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.8 days per month on average. They have 2.9 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Blakesburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Blakesburg were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Blakesburg were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. The average person in Blakesburg has vaginal or anal sex 79 times a year. Thirty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Blakesburg 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy eight percent of Blakesburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty four percent of Blakesburg 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. Sixty seven 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. Sixty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty four 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 four 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty two percent of Blakesburg residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty two percent are overweight. Eleven percent of people living in Blakesburg have ever received a blood transfusion. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eleven percent have congestive heart failure. Eleven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eleven percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Blakesburg were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Blakesburg report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 56 percent of Blakesburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Blakesburg spend $233 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Blakesburg spends $126 on food at other stores monthly. This is 12 percent of their income. They spend $75 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 Blakesburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Sixty seven 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.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty two percent of Blakesburg 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 two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty two percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eleven percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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