Health and Nutrition of Holland, AR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Holland residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Holland 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). Twenty 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). Holland residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 40 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 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Holland residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Twenty seven percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Twenty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty seven percent of Holland residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty one 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

Sixteen percent of people living in Holland have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have 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

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

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Health Insurance

Seventy five percent of people living in Holland are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people living in Holland have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty four percent of people in Holland frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty five 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 eight percent of people living in Holland use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty three percent of Holland residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty two percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Sixteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty 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. Eight percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Holland residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Holland have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 8.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Holland 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. Ninety nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Holland 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 28 women. He has vaginal sex with 26 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on six women. People in Holland were 19 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. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Holland has vaginal or anal sex 37 times a year. Twenty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Holland 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.6 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Four percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Holland residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Holland 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. Thirty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twelve 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 four 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Sixteen percent are overweight. Twenty three 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 four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have coronary heart disease. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Five percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy three percent of births in Holland were vaginal deliveries. Twenty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy five percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty seven 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 Holland report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Holland residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Holland are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Holland spend $369 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 27 percent of their income. The average family in Holland spends $113 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $138 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Holland report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty nine 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. Twelve percent of Holland population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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 percent of people in Holland had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eight percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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