Health and Nutrition of Ridgway, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty five percent of Ridgway residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 10 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 six 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 five of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat five "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat seven frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Ridgway 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eleven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Ridgway residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 57 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ridgway residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty one percent of people living here are obese. Twenty seven percent have ever been obese. Twenty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty two percent of Ridgway residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ridgway 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

Sixty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy four percent of people living in Ridgway 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 Ridgway have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twelve percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty two percent of people in Ridgway frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eleven 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

Twenty nine percent of people living in Ridgway use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Ridgway residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty five percent of people living in Ridgway have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 6.9 days per month on average. They have 6.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Ridgway 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. Forty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty 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 four percent have ever had anal sex. People in Ridgway were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 10 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Ridgway were 19 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. The average person in Ridgway has vaginal or anal sex 68 times a year. Twenty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Ridgway 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 22 men on average. They have had 22 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Twenty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty one percent of Ridgway residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Ridgway 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. Twenty 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 five 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. Fourteen 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 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 0.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Ridgway residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty percent are overweight. Eight percent of people living in Ridgway have ever received a blood transfusion. Fourteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have congestive heart failure. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Seven percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty four percent of births in Ridgway were vaginal deliveries. Sixteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ridgway report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 66 percent of Ridgway residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Ridgway are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ridgway spend $277 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Ridgway spends $127 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $103 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ridgway report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty two 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 Ridgway had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifty three percent of Ridgway residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Seventeen percent of Ridgway 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. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Fifteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eight percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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