Health and Nutrition of Waynesville, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Waynesville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 four 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.

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Oral Health

The average Waynesville 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). Eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Waynesville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 18 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Waynesville residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 184 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty eight percent of Waynesville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty 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

Sixty 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

Waynesville 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

Eighty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty one percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Seventy eight percent of people living in Waynesville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Eleven percent of people living in Waynesville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fourteen percent of Waynesville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fourteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Waynesville residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Forty two percent of people living in Waynesville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.1 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Waynesville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in Waynesville 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 Waynesville 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 72 women. He has vaginal sex with 59 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 11 women. People in Waynesville 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. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Waynesville has vaginal or anal sex 54 times a year. Nineteen percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Waynesville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Seventy nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Waynesville 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

Sixty eight percent of Waynesville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Waynesville 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. Thirty 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. Fourteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fourteen 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. Twenty five 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 2.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Waynesville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty six percent are overweight. Twenty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Waynesville 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 Waynesville report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Waynesville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Waynesville spend $334 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 Waynesville spends $29 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $113 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Waynesville report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety four 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. Twenty seven percent of Waynesville 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. Twenty four percent of people in Waynesville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Waynesville 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. Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eight percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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