Health and Nutrition of Latham, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Latham residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 four 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Latham 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty six percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Latham residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 four days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Latham residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty five percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty one percent of people living in Latham have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Latham 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

Seven percent of Latham 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. Forty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty eight percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Forty three percent of people living in Latham use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Latham residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy two percent of people living in Latham have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Sixteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.8 days per month on average. They have 3.4 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Latham 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. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Sixty seven percent have ever had anal sex. People in Latham were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 24 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Latham were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Latham has vaginal or anal sex 69 times a year. Forty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Latham 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 16 men on average. They have had 16 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Latham residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Latham 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 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. Twenty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen 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 nine 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 two 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifteen percent of Latham residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty nine percent are overweight. Five percent of people living in Latham have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy eight percent of births in Latham were vaginal deliveries. Twenty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Seventeen 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 Latham report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 59 percent of Latham residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Latham spend $379 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. The average family in Latham spends $103 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $126 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Latham report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety 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. Twenty percent of Latham population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Seventeen percent of people in Latham had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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