Health and Nutrition of Lanesville, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Lanesville 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 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 two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lanesville 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). Fifty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Lanesville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 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. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lanesville residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 159 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Fifty four percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty percent of Lanesville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lanesville 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

Seven percent of Lanesville 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven 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. Twenty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Dermatology

Seventeen percent of people living in Lanesville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty six percent of people living in Lanesville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.3 days per month on average. They have 10.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 40 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Lanesville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Sixty five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty three percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Lanesville were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.1 men on average. They have had 1.6 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Lanesville were 18 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. The average person in Lanesville has vaginal or anal sex 38 times a year. Thirty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lanesville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty two percent of Lanesville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Lanesville 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 five 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. Sixty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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 six 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Lanesville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Sixteen percent are overweight. Forty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy four percent of births in Lanesville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lanesville report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 21 percent of Lanesville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Lanesville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lanesville spend $551 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 38 percent of their income. The average family in Lanesville spends $117 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $133 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 15 percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lanesville report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety four 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. Forty seven 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. Nine percent of people in Lanesville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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