Health and Nutrition of Lynch, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Lynch residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 10 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. They also eat one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lynch 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lynch residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 37 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lynch residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 174 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Fourteen percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Nineteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty three percent of Lynch residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lynch 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

Thirty five percent of Lynch 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. Fifty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

Fifty six percent of people living in Lynch are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three percent of people living in Lynch have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty seven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty four percent of people in Lynch frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty three 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

Eighteen percent of people living in Lynch use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty two percent of Lynch residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty three percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirty 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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Prescription Medications

Lynch residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty five percent of people living in Lynch have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average. They have 7.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 35 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Lynch residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Nine percent of males in Lynch have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Lynch were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 74 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. People living here were on average 16 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 Lynch were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Eight percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Lynch has vaginal or anal sex 24 times a year. Twenty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lynch 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Fifty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Lynch residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty eight percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty one percent of Lynch residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twelve percent of Lynch 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. Eighteen 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. Nineteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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. Eighteen 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 3.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eighteen percent are overweight. Twenty four percent of people living in Lynch have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty four percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Lynch were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lynch report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 23 percent of Lynch residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lynch spend $298 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 28 percent of their income. The average family in Lynch spends $28 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $109 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $nine monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lynch report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Sixty nine 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. Seventy seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty percent of Lynch population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Thirteen percent of people in Lynch had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifty eight percent of Lynch 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 four percent of Lynch 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 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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