Health and Nutrition of Northrop, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty seven percent of Northrop residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 23 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.

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Oral Health

The average Northrop 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). Sixteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Northrop residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 36 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Northrop residents 16 years and older is 61 inches. The average weight is 133 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25. Eighteen percent of people living here are obese. Eighteen percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Nine percent of people living in Northrop have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have 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

Northrop 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

Eighty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Sixty nine percent of people living in Northrop use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Ten percent of Northrop residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Ten 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

Northrop residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Sexual Behavior

Seventy five percent of Northrop residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. People in Northrop were 19 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Northrop were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Seven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex.

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Pesticide Use

Ten percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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 four 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

Nine percent of Northrop residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty six percent are overweight. Nine percent of people living in Northrop have ever received a blood transfusion. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nine percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eighteen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Ninety three percent of births in Northrop were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty percent of women in Northrop have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Northrop report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Fourteen percent of people living in Northrop are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Northrop spend $467 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 42 percent of their income. The average family in Northrop spends $92 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $98 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is two percent of their income. They also spend $nine monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Northrop report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Eighty two 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 one percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Nine 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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