Health and Nutrition of Kincaid, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Kincaid residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 four 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.

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Oral Health

The average Kincaid 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). Seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Kincaid residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Kincaid residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 194 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty two percent of Kincaid residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Three percent of people living in Kincaid have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty nine 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

Kincaid 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

Fifteen percent of Kincaid 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. Seven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty six percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Sixty nine percent of people living in Kincaid are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Twenty percent of Kincaid residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fourteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine 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 three 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Kincaid residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Kincaid have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.9 days per month on average. They have 6.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 32 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Kincaid residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Fourteen percent of males in Kincaid have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety three percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Kincaid 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 15 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 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 three women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 0.9 men on average. They have had 0.9 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Kincaid were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty one percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Kincaid has vaginal or anal sex 120 times a year. Thirty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Kincaid 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Kincaid residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty two percent of Kincaid 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. Fifty one 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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. Sixty 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. They use a computer or play computer games (including Playstation, Nintendo DS, or other portable video games) outside of work or school for 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Kincaid residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Nine percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty three 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. Five percent of people living in Kincaid have ever received a blood transfusion. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty six percent of births in Kincaid were vaginal deliveries. Sixty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eleven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Kincaid report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Twelve percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 53 percent of Kincaid residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Kincaid are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Kincaid spend $278 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Kincaid spends $83 on food at other stores monthly. This is nine percent of their income. They spend $105 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Kincaid report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Ninety two 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Sixteen percent of Kincaid population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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 Kincaid had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty nine percent of Kincaid 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 are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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