Health and Nutrition of Lapel, IN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Lapel residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 two "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 Lapel 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 two percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lapel residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lapel residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 181 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty five percent have ever been obese. Fifty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of Lapel residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty 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. Three percent have ever used heroin. Eighteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Lapel have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty two percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lapel 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

Six percent of Lapel 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. Sixty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty three percent of people living in Lapel are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty five percent of people living in Lapel use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Lapel residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy nine percent of people living in Lapel have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Ten percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.5 days per month on average. They have 8.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 43 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Lapel residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty six percent have ever had anal sex. Ten percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Lapel 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 59 women. He has vaginal sex with 48 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on seven women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.4 men on average. They have had 1.1 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Lapel 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. Nineteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Lapel has vaginal or anal sex 69 times a year. Forty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lapel 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Sixteen percent of households in Lapel 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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Lapel residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Lapel 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. Forty four 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty six 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. Fifty 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Lapel residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". One percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty two 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. Six percent of people living in Lapel have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty four percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty nine percent of births in Lapel were vaginal deliveries. Forty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Nine percent of women in Lapel have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Five percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lapel report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 49 percent of Lapel residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Lapel are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lapel spend $381 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 30 percent of their income. The average family in Lapel spends $87 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $117 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $69 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lapel report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Eighty seven 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty percent of Lapel population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Seventeen percent of people in Lapel had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Lapel residents 20 or older have limitations caused by a long-term physical, mental or emotional problems or illnesses keeping them from working at a job or business. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eight percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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