Health and Nutrition of Bison, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Bison residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 22 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 eight 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 four 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 nine frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Bison 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). Bison residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Bison residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 129 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 23. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty percent of Bison residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Twenty 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

Bison 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

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

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Dermatology

Twenty seven percent of people living in Bison use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Hundred percent of people living in Bison have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.0 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Bison 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. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Bison were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Bison 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. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Bison has vaginal or anal sex 127 times a year. Seventy two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Bison 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.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty seven percent of Bison residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent of Bison 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 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. Seventy two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty seven 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 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 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 3.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Bison residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

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

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Current Health Status

People living in Bison report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 47 percent of Bison residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Bison spend $368 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Bison spends $83 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $223 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Bison report their general condition of hearing on average at 90 percent. Eighty seven 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. Thirty 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 five percent of people in Bison had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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