Health and Nutrition of Farmersville, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Farmersville 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "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 Farmersville resident last visited a dentist two years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Farmersville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 40 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. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Farmersville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 157 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty seven percent have ever been obese. Thirty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Twenty eight percent of Farmersville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Farmersville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Farmersville 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

Forty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty six percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirty two percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty one percent of people living in Farmersville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty five percent of people in Farmersville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty six 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 eight percent of people living in Farmersville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Farmersville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy four percent of people living in Farmersville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. They have 4.2 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 Farmersville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Farmersville were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Farmersville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Farmersville has vaginal or anal sex 66 times a year. Twenty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Farmersville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty three percent of Farmersville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifteen 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 one 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Farmersville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty six percent are overweight. Fifty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty nine percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Twenty two percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Twenty percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty six percent of births in Farmersville were vaginal deliveries. Thirty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.4 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Fourteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Farmersville report their general health condition on average at 34 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 27 percent of Farmersville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Farmersville spend $401 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Farmersville spends $81 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $170 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 12 percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Farmersville report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Seventy 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty seven percent of Farmersville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Eight percent of people in Farmersville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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