Health and Nutrition of Evansville, AK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

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

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Oral Health

The average Evansville 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). Twenty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Evansville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Evansville residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 179 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Forty five percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy one percent of Evansville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Twelve percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people living in Evansville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Five percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Evansville 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

Nine percent of Evansville residents above the age of 40 have problems with their ability to smell, such as not being able to smell things or things not smelling the way they are supposed to. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty eight percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twelve percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy percent of people living in Evansville 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 Evansville have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty nine percent of people in Evansville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty five 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 two percent of people living in Evansville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Evansville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eighteen 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. Twenty 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. Six percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Evansville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty eight percent of people living in Evansville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.1 days per month on average. They have 7.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 33 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Evansville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Nineteen percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Evansville 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 65 women. He has vaginal sex with 53 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 eight women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.5 men on average. They have had 1.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Evansville were 18 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. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Evansville has vaginal or anal sex 92 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Evansville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty four percent of Evansville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Evansville 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 five 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. Twenty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Evansville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fifty two percent are overweight. Eleven 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. Thirteen percent of people living in Evansville have ever received a blood transfusion. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty one percent of births in Evansville were vaginal deliveries. Nineteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty three percent of women in Evansville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Nine percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Thirty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve 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 Evansville report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Evansville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Thirteen percent of people living in Evansville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Evansville spend $306 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Evansville spends $96 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $89 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Evansville report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Evansville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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 percent of people in Evansville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Evansville 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. Twenty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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