Health and Nutrition of Chautauqua, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty three percent of Chautauqua 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 two 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Chautauqua 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). Twenty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Chautauqua residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 three 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Chautauqua residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 168 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty nine percent of people living here are obese. Twenty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty one percent of Chautauqua 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. Thirty three percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Chautauqua have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Chautauqua 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

Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

Thirty percent of people living in Chautauqua use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Chautauqua residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy nine percent of people living in Chautauqua have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.0 days per month on average. They have 9.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Chautauqua 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. Sixty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Chautauqua 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 47 women. He has vaginal sex with 47 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 15 women. People in Chautauqua were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twelve percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Chautauqua has vaginal or anal sex 34 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Chautauqua 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. Sixty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Chautauqua residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Chautauqua 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 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. Fifty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. 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. Forty six 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 0.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirteen percent of Chautauqua residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eight percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty three percent are overweight. Twenty one percent of people living in Chautauqua have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty one percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Four percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Eight percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty three percent of births in Chautauqua were vaginal deliveries. Thirty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy three percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty seven percent of women in Chautauqua have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Forty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Chautauqua report their general health condition on average at 69 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Chautauqua residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Chautauqua spend $229 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Chautauqua spends $168 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $58 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $nine monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Chautauqua report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Ninety six 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. Seventeen percent of Chautauqua population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty two 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. Eleven percent of people in Chautauqua had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Chautauqua 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. Seventeen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eight percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Thirteen percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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