Health and Nutrition of South Carrollton, KY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of South Carrollton 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 three 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average South Carrollton 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). South Carrollton residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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 seven days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of seven days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of South Carrollton residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 153 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Hundred percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of South Carrollton residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty 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

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

South Carrollton 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

Seven percent of South Carrollton 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. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in South Carrollton are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Seventy five percent of people living in South Carrollton use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Hundred percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in South Carrollton have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 6.5 days per month on average. They have 4.6 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of South Carrollton residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in South Carrollton were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in South Carrollton were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in South Carrollton has vaginal or anal sex 78 times a year. Females in South Carrollton 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 20 men on average. They have had 20 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

South Carrollton residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of South Carrollton residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

People living here spend nine 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 2.0 hours per day.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty nine percent of births in South Carrollton were vaginal deliveries. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in South Carrollton report their general health condition on average at 25 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of South Carrollton residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in South Carrollton spend $200 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in South Carrollton spends $200 on food at other stores monthly. They spend $100 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in South Carrollton report their general condition of hearing on average at 100 percent. Hundred 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room.

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