Health and Nutrition of New Albany, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of New Albany residents report that their diet is generally healthy. They also eat six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average New Albany resident last visited a dentist four years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). New Albany residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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. The average person living here (including children) has 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of New Albany residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 192 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Hundred percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

New Albany residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in New Albany are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people in New Albany 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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Prescription Medications

New Albany residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in New Albany have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 7.0 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of New Albany 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. Hundred percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in New Albany were 12 years old on average when they had sex for the first time.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

People living here spend nine 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent are overweight. Fifty 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. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in New Albany report their general health condition on average at 63 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

The average family in New Albany spends $150 on food at other stores monthly. This is 12 percent of their income. They spend $175 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in New Albany report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Hundred 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.

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