Health and Nutrition of Whiting, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Whiting residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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. They get one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Whiting 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). Eleven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Whiting residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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 three days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 13 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Whiting residents 16 years and older is 52 inches. The average weight is 119 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Seventy one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty nine percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy one percent of Whiting residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Seventy one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Whiting 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

Sixty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Forty three percent of people living in Whiting use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Whiting residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy one percent of people living in Whiting have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 6.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Whiting residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Whiting were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Whiting were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. The average person in Whiting has vaginal or anal sex 44 times a year. Females in Whiting 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 0.9 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Fifty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty one 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 seven 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent are overweight. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seven percent have another thyroid problem. Fourteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

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

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Current Health Status

People living in Whiting report their general health condition on average at 43 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 14 percent of Whiting residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Whiting spend $611 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Whiting spends $157 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $84 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $29 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Whiting report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 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. Forty three 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

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty six percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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