Health and Nutrition of Florence, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Florence residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 four "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 Florence resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Florence residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Florence residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 205 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Seventy one percent have ever been obese. Forty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Florence 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. Two percent have ever used heroin. Fourteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Florence 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

Six percent of Florence 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. Thirty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Sixteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty six percent of people living in Florence 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 Florence have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eighteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty four percent of people in Florence frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty 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

Sixteen percent of people living in Florence use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Florence residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy eight percent of people living in Florence have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twelve percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average. They have 5.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 17 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Florence residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Florence 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 16 women. He has vaginal sex with 13 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. People in Florence were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Florence has vaginal or anal sex 103 times a year. Forty five percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty four percent of Florence residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Florence 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 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 eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty four 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. Fifty two 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 1.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Sixteen percent of Florence residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fifty eight percent are overweight. Six percent of people living in Florence have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nineteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have congestive heart failure. Nine percent have coronary heart disease. Ten percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have ever had emphysema. Six percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Florence report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 28 percent of Florence residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Florence are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Florence spend $361 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 Florence spends $110 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $104 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $29 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Florence report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Seventy 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Florence population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy 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. Twenty five percent of people in Florence had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty three percent of Florence 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 four percent of Florence 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. Twenty nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Thirteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Nine percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Six 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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