Health and Nutrition of Ward, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty eight percent of Ward residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal nine 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. People here eat two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Ward 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). Ward residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ward residents 16 years and older is 72 inches. The average weight is 261 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 41. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Hundred percent have ever been obese. Hundred percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ward 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

Fifty 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 had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people in Ward frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty eight percent of people living in Ward use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

Fifty percent of people living in Ward have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 10.9 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Ward 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 Ward were 11 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 Ward were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Ward residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Hundred percent of Ward residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty percent of Ward 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. Fifty 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. 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 four 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 2.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Hundred percent are overweight.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ward report their general health condition on average at 38 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 100 percent of Ward residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ward spend $154 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ward report their general condition of hearing on average at 100 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. Fifty percent of Ward population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Hundred 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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