Health and Nutrition of La Motte, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty one percent of La Motte residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 30 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 one 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.

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Oral Health

The average La Motte 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). La Motte residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 61 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 14 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of La Motte residents 16 years and older is 71 inches. The average weight is 203 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty two percent of people living here are obese. Fifty five percent have ever been obese. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty two percent of La Motte residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty six 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

Thirty 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

La Motte 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty seven percent of people living in La Motte are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people living in La Motte have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty five percent of people in La Motte frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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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Mental Health

Fifty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty four percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

La Motte residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in La Motte have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.1 days per month on average. They have 9.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of La Motte 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 six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Ninety two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in La Motte were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 30 women. He has vaginal sex with 29 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 16 women. People in La Motte were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in La Motte has vaginal or anal sex 108 times a year. Twenty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

La Motte residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Sixty seven percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty three percent of La Motte residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of La Motte 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 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. Twenty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty three 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 six 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 seven 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty four percent are overweight. Thirty three percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Seventeen percent of people living in La Motte have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in La Motte report their general health condition on average at 44 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 26 percent of La Motte residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in La Motte spend $318 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 La Motte spends $49 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $123 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $43 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in La Motte report their general condition of hearing on average at 60 percent. Hundred 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 seven 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. Thirty five percent of people in La Motte had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirty four percent of La Motte 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. Thirty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Seventeen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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