Health and Nutrition of Leesburg, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Leesburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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.

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Oral Health

The average Leesburg 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). Leesburg residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 29 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Leesburg residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 181 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Twenty eight percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Leesburg residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Eight percent of Leesburg 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy three percent of people living in Leesburg are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people living in Leesburg have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty nine percent of people in Leesburg frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twelve 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

Nineteen percent of people living in Leesburg use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty one percent of Leesburg residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy four percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty five percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty four 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Leesburg residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Leesburg have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.6 days per month on average. They have 12.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 68 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Leesburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Eighty two percent have ever had anal sex. People in Leesburg were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. 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 11 women. People in Leesburg were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Leesburg has vaginal or anal sex 105 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Leesburg 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. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy one percent of Leesburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Leesburg 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 four 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Ten 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 nine 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty eight percent are overweight. Nineteen 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. Twenty six percent of people living in Leesburg have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. One percent have ever had emphysema. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

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

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Current Health Status

People living in Leesburg report their general health condition on average at 43 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 57 percent of Leesburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty two percent of people living in Leesburg are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Leesburg spend $315 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Leesburg spends $44 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $75 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $12 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

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

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifty one percent of Leesburg 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 five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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