Health and Nutrition of Bowersville, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Bowersville 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 three 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. They also eat nine frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Bowersville 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). Seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eleven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Bowersville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Bowersville residents 16 years and older is 60 inches. The average weight is 150 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty percent of people living here are obese. Twenty five percent have ever been obese. Seventy five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty two percent of Bowersville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty four percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Twenty seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Bowersville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Bowersville 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

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

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Health Insurance

Seventy nine percent of people living in Bowersville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eighteen percent of people in Bowersville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Sixty four percent of people living in Bowersville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventy percent of Bowersville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Bowersville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.4 days per month on average. They have 4.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Bowersville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty one percent have ever had anal sex. Thirty one percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Bowersville were 17 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 Bowersville 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. Five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Bowersville has vaginal or anal sex 77 times a year. Twenty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Bowersville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 13 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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Pesticide Use

Eight percent of households in Bowersville use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Bowersville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nine percent of Bowersville 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. Sixteen 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. Sixty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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

Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty four percent are overweight. Seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty eight percent of births in Bowersville were vaginal deliveries. Thirty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Bowersville report their general health condition on average at 36 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 54 percent of Bowersville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Bowersville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Bowersville spend $340 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Bowersville spends $150 on food at other stores monthly. This is 12 percent of their income. They spend $124 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Bowersville report their general condition of hearing on average at 91 percent. Ninety 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.

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Bowersville 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. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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