Health and Nutrition of Hoskins, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Hoskins residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 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.

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Oral Health

The average Hoskins 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). Hoskins residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 37 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Hoskins residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Nineteen percent of people living here are obese. Twenty one percent have ever been obese. Fifteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty nine percent of Hoskins residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

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

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Taste & Smell

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Fourteen percent of people living in Hoskins use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Hoskins residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Ten percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eleven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twelve percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Six 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. Seven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Hoskins residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Forty four percent of people living in Hoskins have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 14 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Hoskins residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Hoskins were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 10 women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.3 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Hoskins were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Nineteen percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Hoskins 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Thirty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Hoskins residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty seven percent of Hoskins residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Hoskins 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 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. Twenty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty one 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 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 three hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Hoskins were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in Hoskins report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Five percent of people living in Hoskins are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Hoskins spend $428 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 42 percent of their income. The average family in Hoskins spends $32 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $141 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 12 percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Hoskins report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Hoskins population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty nine 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. Ten percent of people in Hoskins had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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