Health and Nutrition of Clarksville, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Clarksville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 six 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 three "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 Clarksville 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). Twenty six percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Clarksville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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 Clarksville residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 149 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty seven percent of people living here are obese. Thirty one percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty three percent of Clarksville 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. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Forty three percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Clarksville 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

Ten percent of Clarksville 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. Six percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty nine percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people in Clarksville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Forty percent of people living in Clarksville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Seventy eight percent of people living in Clarksville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twelve percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 3.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Clarksville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Clarksville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex. Fourteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Clarksville were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. 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 six women. People in Clarksville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Clarksville has vaginal or anal sex 80 times a year. Fifty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Clarksville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty nine percent of Clarksville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Clarksville 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 five 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 nine 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. Fifty 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 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 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Clarksville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty one percent are overweight. Twelve percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Forty five percent of births in Clarksville were vaginal deliveries. Fifty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Clarksville report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 46 percent of Clarksville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Clarksville spend $375 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Clarksville spends $109 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $186 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Clarksville report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty six 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. Eighteen percent of people in Clarksville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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