Health and Nutrition of Dodge, ND Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty four percent of Dodge residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Dodge 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). Dodge residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 37 percent. 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 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Dodge residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 147 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Thirty eight percent have ever been obese. Eighteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy two percent of Dodge residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Dodge 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

Seventy five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventy five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty five percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people living in Dodge have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty one percent of people in Dodge frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seventeen 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 seven percent of people living in Dodge use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Dodge residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in Dodge 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 3.4 days per month on average. They have 5.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 12 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Dodge residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty one percent have ever had anal sex. Thirty two percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Dodge were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Dodge were 17 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. Eleven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Dodge has vaginal or anal sex 86 times a year. Thirty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Dodge 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.1 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Dodge residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty eight percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty one percent of Dodge residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one 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. Eleven 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. Thirty one 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 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 0.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty seven 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. Twenty six percent of people living in Dodge have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have another thyroid problem. Nine percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy one percent of births in Dodge were vaginal deliveries. Twenty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventeen percent of women in Dodge have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventeen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Forty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Dodge report their general health condition on average at 35 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 42 percent of Dodge residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Dodge are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Dodge spend $385 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Dodge spends $59 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $178 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 14 percent of their income. They also spend $16 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Dodge report their general condition of hearing on average at 71 percent. Sixty four 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. Eighty three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty two percent of Dodge population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty eight 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. Six percent of people in Dodge had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty six percent of Dodge 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. Thirty six percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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