Health and Nutrition of Blue Hill, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty four percent of Blue Hill residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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 five 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 one 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Blue Hill resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Blue Hill residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 65 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Blue Hill residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 190 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty five percent of people living here are obese. Thirty five percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty nine percent of Blue Hill residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Sixteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in Blue Hill have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Blue Hill 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

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

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Health Insurance

Ninety percent of people living in Blue Hill are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Fifty one percent of people living in Blue Hill use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Blue Hill residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Blue Hill have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 8.7 days per month on average. They have 5.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Blue Hill residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ten percent of males in Blue Hill have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty seven percent have ever had anal sex. People in Blue Hill were 19 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 13 women. He has vaginal sex with eight 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 five women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.5 men on average. They have had 1.3 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Blue Hill were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. The average person in Blue Hill has vaginal or anal sex 49 times a year. Fifty six percent have sex without using a condom. Women here have on average 0.8 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Ten percent of households in Blue Hill use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Five percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty four percent of Blue Hill residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Blue Hill 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 eight 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. Forty 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. Sixty 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Blue Hill residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty percent are overweight. Thirteen 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. Fifteen percent of people living in Blue Hill have ever received a blood transfusion. Ten percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Nine percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Five percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Three percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Eighteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty three percent of births in Blue Hill were vaginal deliveries. Forty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy percent of women breastfeed their children. Nine percent of women in Blue Hill have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fifty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Ten percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Blue Hill report their general health condition on average at 68 percent. Eight percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Blue Hill residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Blue Hill are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Blue Hill spend $395 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Blue Hill spends $83 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $283 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $42 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Blue Hill report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Blue Hill population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty one 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 Blue Hill had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Ten percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Seven percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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