Health and Nutrition of Emden, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty three percent of Emden residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 11 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "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 Emden 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Emden residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 54 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 one 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 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Emden residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Sixty three percent of people living here are obese. Fifty seven percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Emden 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

Seventeen percent of Emden 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. Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty three percent of people living in Emden are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty seven percent of people living in Emden have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Seventeen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty seven percent of people in Emden 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

Seventeen percent of people living in Emden use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Emden residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Emden have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.0 days per month on average. They have 8.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 41 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Emden residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Emden were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 27 women. He has vaginal sex with 25 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on nine women. People in Emden were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Emden has vaginal or anal sex 127 times a year. Sixty three percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy five percent of Emden residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty seven percent of Emden 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. Seventy 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 seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty seven 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. 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 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 three 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent of Emden residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty three percent are overweight. Twenty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Emden report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Ten percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Emden residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty percent of people living in Emden are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Emden spend $383 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 Emden spends $119 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $80 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Emden report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Seventy 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. Forty three percent of Emden population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty three 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. Thirty seven percent of people in Emden had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty three percent of Emden 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. Forty three percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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