Health and Nutrition of Baxter, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Baxter 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. People here eat four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Baxter 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). Fifty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Baxter 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Baxter residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 163 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 33. Hundred percent of people living here are obese. Hundred percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Baxter residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Baxter 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

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

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Health Insurance

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

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Mental Health

Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Baxter have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 6.0 days per month on average. They have 16.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 72 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Baxter 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. People in Baxter 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 Baxter were 18 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. Females in Baxter 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Hundred 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 three 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 use a computer or play computer games (including Playstation, Nintendo DS, or other portable video games) outside of work or school for 1.0 hours per day.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Baxter were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Baxter report their general health condition on average at 50 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Baxter spend $900 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 36 percent of their income. The average family in Baxter spends $200 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $80 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Baxter report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 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. 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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