Health and Nutrition of De Graff, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of De Graff 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 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat five "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 De Graff 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). De Graff residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of De Graff residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 170 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Thirty one percent have ever been obese. Twenty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of De Graff residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nineteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nineteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

De Graff 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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Health Insurance

Fifty eight percent of people living in De Graff are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people in De Graff frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty one percent of people living in De Graff use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in De Graff have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Ten percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.1 days per month on average. They have 4.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty two percent of De Graff residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in De Graff have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in De Graff were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. People in De Graff were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in De Graff has vaginal or anal sex 53 times a year. Thirty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Three percent of households in De Graff use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty five percent of De Graff residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of De Graff 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. Thirty three 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty five 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 six 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 six 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 2.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of De Graff residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Sixteen percent are overweight. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in De Graff report their general health condition on average at 66 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 30 percent of De Graff residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in De Graff are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in De Graff spend $288 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in De Graff spends $60 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $195 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $27 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in De Graff report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Ninety three 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty 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. Nineteen percent of people in De Graff had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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