Health and Nutrition of Lesterville, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Lesterville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 five 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 four of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lesterville resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Lesterville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lesterville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 173 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty one percent have ever been obese. Twenty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Lesterville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Fifteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lesterville 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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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Lesterville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Ten percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Nineteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nine 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

Hundred percent of people living in Lesterville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 6.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Lesterville 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 percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Lesterville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Lesterville 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Lesterville were 12 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Lesterville has vaginal or anal sex 84 times a year. Fifty three percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty five percent of Lesterville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty two percent of Lesterville 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 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. Twenty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty nine 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 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 four 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 0.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eighteen percent are overweight. Twelve percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lesterville report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Lesterville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Lesterville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lesterville spend $332 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Lesterville spends $68 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $133 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lesterville report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Eighty seven 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. Eight percent of Lesterville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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 four percent of people in Lesterville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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