Health and Nutrition of Brady, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Brady 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 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Brady 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Brady residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Brady residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty three percent of people living here are obese. Fifty four percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty two percent of Brady residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty three percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty three percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Brady have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventeen percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Brady 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

Thirty three percent of Brady residents above the age of 40 have problems with their ability to smell, such as not being able to smell things or things not smelling the way they are supposed to. Thirty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty six percent of people living in Brady are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people living in Brady have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty five percent of people in Brady 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

Thirty percent of people living in Brady use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Brady residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty five percent of people living in Brady have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.5 days per month on average. They have 9.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Brady 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 have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Brady were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Brady 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 Brady has vaginal or anal sex 99 times a year. Sixty five percent have sex without using a condom. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.7 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty two percent of Brady residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Brady 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. Fifty eight 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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 eight 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Brady residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Sixteen percent are overweight. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent have coronary heart disease. Ten percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Forty six percent of births in Brady were vaginal deliveries. Fifty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy five percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eleven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Brady report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Eleven percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Brady residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty percent of people living in Brady are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Brady spend $398 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 32 percent of their income. The average family in Brady spends $98 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $142 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $20 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Brady report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Sixty six 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. Ten percent of Brady 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. Twenty eight percent of people in Brady had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Brady 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. Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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