Health and Nutrition of Gambier, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty nine percent of Gambier residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 seven 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Gambier resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Six percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Gambier residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 70 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 three 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Gambier residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 180 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Sixteen percent of people living here are obese. Twenty four percent have ever been obese. Twenty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Gambier residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Gambier have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Gambier residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero 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

Eleven percent of Gambier 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. Sixty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty nine percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eighteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people living in Gambier have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty three percent of people in Gambier frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seven 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

Forty seven percent of people living in Gambier use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twelve percent of Gambier residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Eleven 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. Seven 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

Gambier residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Gambier have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 7.2 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 23 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty two percent of Gambier residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Nineteen percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Nine percent of males in Gambier have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Gambier were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. 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 three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.7 men on average. They have had 0.9 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Gambier were 19 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 Gambier has vaginal or anal sex 62 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Gambier 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twelve percent of households in Gambier use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty two percent of Gambier residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three percent of Gambier 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. Twenty six 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. Fifty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixty 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 nine 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 1.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty one percent are overweight. Ten 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. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have coronary heart disease. Five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty three percent of births in Gambier were vaginal deliveries. Forty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Gambier report their general health condition on average at 74 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Gambier residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Gambier are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Gambier spend $312 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Gambier spends $68 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $244 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 12 percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Gambier report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty six 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 five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Ten percent of Gambier population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty five 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 four percent of people in Gambier had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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