Health and Nutrition of Palmyra, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Palmyra 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 two 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 five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Palmyra 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Palmyra 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Palmyra residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 183 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty nine percent have ever been obese. Twenty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy nine percent of Palmyra residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Palmyra 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

Twenty three percent of Palmyra 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. Sixty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eleven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

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

Palmyra residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety three percent of people living in Palmyra have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.5 days per month on average. They have 11.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 31 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty eight percent of Palmyra 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. Ninety eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Palmyra have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Sixty seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Palmyra were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 66 women. He has vaginal sex with 49 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 16 women. People in Palmyra were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Palmyra has vaginal or anal sex 58 times a year. Forty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Palmyra 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 13 men on average. They have had 13 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Palmyra residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty one percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty four percent of Palmyra residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixteen percent of Palmyra 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. Thirty four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifteen 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. Twenty 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Seventeen percent are overweight. Fifty three 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. Twenty two percent of people living in Palmyra have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever been told they had gout. Ten percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eleven percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have ever had emphysema. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Seven percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty five percent of births in Palmyra were vaginal deliveries. Thirty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Palmyra report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Palmyra residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Palmyra are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Palmyra spend $275 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Palmyra spends $76 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $87 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $nine monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Palmyra report their general condition of hearing on average at 77 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 two percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Palmyra 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. Fifteen percent of people in Palmyra had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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