Health and Nutrition of Andrews, FL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Andrews residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "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 Andrews resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twelve 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). Andrews residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Andrews residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty four percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of Andrews residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Andrews 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

Eight percent of Andrews 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. Six percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eleven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fourteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty six percent of people living in Andrews are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people living in Andrews have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty two percent of people in Andrews frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eight 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

Twenty two percent of people living in Andrews use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty one percent of Andrews residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Nineteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nineteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirteen 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. Seven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Andrews 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 4.3 days per month on average. They have 6.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 26 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Andrews residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Andrews have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex. People in Andrews were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 30 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 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 six women. People in Andrews were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty two percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Andrews has vaginal or anal sex 65 times a year. Forty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Andrews 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Thirteen percent of households in Andrews use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Seven percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty two percent of Andrews residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Andrews 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. Forty four 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty six 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. Forty 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 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 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

Six percent of Andrews residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty three percent are overweight. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty percent of births in Andrews were vaginal deliveries. Forty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.3 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty four percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Andrews report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 36 percent of Andrews residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Andrews are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Andrews spend $412 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 27 percent of their income. The average family in Andrews spends $92 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $151 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Andrews report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty eight 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Ten percent of Andrews population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Seventeen percent of people in Andrews had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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