Health and Nutrition of Masonville, KY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Masonville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Masonville 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). Forty two 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). Masonville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 35 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Masonville residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Sixty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Sixty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Masonville 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

Seventy six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty nine percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy five percent of people living in Masonville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty eight percent of people living in Masonville 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 in Masonville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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

Fifty two percent of people living in Masonville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty eight percent of Masonville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventy five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Prescription Medications

Masonville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Masonville 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 2.2 days per month on average. They have 2.8 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Masonville 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. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Masonville were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Masonville were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Masonville has vaginal or anal sex 43 times a year. Twenty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Masonville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 14 men on average. They have had 13 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.8 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Masonville 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

Forty seven percent of Masonville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Masonville 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. Twenty 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. 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. 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty three percent are overweight. Seventeen percent of people living in Masonville have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eight percent have ever had emphysema. Seventeen percent have another thyroid problem. Eight percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty seven percent of births in Masonville were vaginal deliveries. Thirteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty five percent of women in Masonville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty five percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Masonville report their general health condition on average at 27 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 17 percent of Masonville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Masonville spend $323 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. The average family in Masonville spends $94 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $140 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Masonville report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Fifty eight 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. Eighty three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty three percent of Masonville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Eight percent of people in Masonville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty five percent of Masonville 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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