Health and Nutrition of Blue Mound, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Seventy seven percent of Blue Mound 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 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Blue Mound resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Blue Mound residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 40 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 one 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.

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Weight

The average height of Blue Mound residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 164 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Seventeen percent of people living here are obese. Thirty three percent have ever been obese.

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Blue Mound have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have 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

Blue Mound 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

Eight percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Forty two percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventy five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety two percent of people living in Blue Mound are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Blue Mound residents on average take five prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Blue Mound have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.4 days per month on average. They have 8.4 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Blue Mound residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety one percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Blue Mound have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Blue Mound were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 34 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 5.4 men on average. They have had 2.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Blue Mound were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. The average person in Blue Mound has vaginal or anal sex 39 times a year. Females in Blue Mound 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had 10 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Blue Mound residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Sixty seven percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy five percent of Blue Mound residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Blue Mound 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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 seven 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.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent of Blue Mound residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seventeen percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Eight percent of people living in Blue Mound have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have ever been told they had gout. Eight percent have congestive heart failure. Eight percent have coronary heart disease. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eight percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Eight percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Blue Mound were vaginal deliveries. Fourteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Blue Mound report their general health condition on average at 31 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 21 percent of Blue Mound residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Blue Mound spend $367 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Blue Mound spends $109 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $140 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $11 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Blue Mound report their general condition of hearing on average at 67 percent. Sixty 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. Sixty two percent of Blue Mound population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty nine 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty two percent of Blue Mound 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. Fifty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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