Health and Nutrition of Waterloo, AL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Waterloo 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 five 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 two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Waterloo 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). Waterloo 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Waterloo residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 195 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty eight percent have ever been obese. Sixty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy five percent of Waterloo residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty two percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Nineteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Waterloo 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people in Waterloo frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty percent of people living in Waterloo use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Sixty seven percent of people living in Waterloo 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 6.1 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Waterloo residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex. Fifteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Waterloo were 14 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Waterloo were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Waterloo has vaginal or anal sex 42 times a year. Thirty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Waterloo 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.6 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty two percent of households in Waterloo 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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Waterloo residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Waterloo 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 one 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. Thirty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty six 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 seven 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 2.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Waterloo residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Fifty one percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

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

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Current Health Status

People living in Waterloo report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 55 percent of Waterloo residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Waterloo are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Waterloo spend $343 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 35 percent of their income. The average family in Waterloo spends $49 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $135 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 19 percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Waterloo report their general condition of hearing on average at 91 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty percent of Waterloo population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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 seven percent of people in Waterloo had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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