Health and Nutrition of Benedict, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty nine percent of Benedict residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Benedict resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Thirty one percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Benedict residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Benedict residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 202 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Thirty eight percent have ever been obese. Seventy five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty two percent of Benedict 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. Twenty five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Benedict 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Benedict are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people living in Benedict have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty five percent of people in Benedict frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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 five percent of people living in Benedict use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Benedict residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Prescription Medications

Benedict residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty three percent of people living in Benedict have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.3 days per month on average. They have 6.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 26 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Benedict 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Benedict were 18 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 13 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 six women. People in Benedict were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Benedict has vaginal or anal sex 73 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Forty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Benedict residents 16 years and older usually get eight hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty eight percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy five percent of Benedict residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty eight percent of Benedict 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. Sixty 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. Thirty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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. Sixty three 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 six 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 four 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Benedict report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Benedict residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Benedict spend $228 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 Benedict spends $48 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $90 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Benedict report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Seventy five 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. Sixty three 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. Thirty eight percent of people in Benedict had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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