Health and Nutrition of Spearsville, LA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Spearsville 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 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 three 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Spearsville 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). Spearsville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Spearsville residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 162 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Thirty seven percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Spearsville 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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Health Insurance

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

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Dermatology

Thirty six percent of people living in Spearsville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty one percent of Spearsville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eleven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seventeen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Ten 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

Eighty five percent of people living in Spearsville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.0 days per month on average. They have 6.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 22 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Spearsville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Spearsville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Spearsville 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.0 men on average. They have had 2.1 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Spearsville were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Spearsville has vaginal or anal sex 77 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Spearsville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.8 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Spearsville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Spearsville 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. Forty six 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 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 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Spearsville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty four percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Forty nine percent of births in Spearsville were vaginal deliveries. Fifty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy four percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Spearsville report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 42 percent of Spearsville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Spearsville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Spearsville spend $343 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Spearsville spends $85 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $196 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $38 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Spearsville report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety 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. Thirty one 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 one percent of people in Spearsville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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