Health and Nutrition of Mentone, AL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Mentone residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 two 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 four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mentone 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). Twenty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Mentone residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 three days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mentone residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 185 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty two percent of people living here are obese. Sixty six percent have ever been obese. Eighteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Fourteen percent of people living in Mentone have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mentone 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

Twenty two percent of Mentone 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 seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eighteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Mentone 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 Mentone 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 six percent of people in Mentone 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

Forty six percent of people living in Mentone use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Mentone residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Mentone have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 7.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Mentone residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in Mentone have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Mentone 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 33 women. He has vaginal sex with 31 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on six women. They have had 0.9 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Mentone were 17 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. Fourteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Mentone has vaginal or anal sex 94 times a year. Sixty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Mentone 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Fifteen percent of households in Mentone use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Mentone residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Mentone 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. Forty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty one 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. Fifty two 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Mentone residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eight percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty two percent are overweight. Twenty six 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. Twelve percent of people living in Mentone have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Seven percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty one percent of births in Mentone were vaginal deliveries. Nineteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.4 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighteen percent of women in Mentone have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Ten percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Two percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Seventeen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Sixteen percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mentone report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Eight percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Mentone residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nineteen percent of people living in Mentone are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mentone spend $421 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 32 percent of their income. The average family in Mentone spends $111 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $97 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $13 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mentone report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Sixty eight 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Mentone 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. Twenty percent of people in Mentone had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Sixteen percent of Mentone 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 percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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