Health and Nutrition of Lucas, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

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

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Oral Health

The average Lucas 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 six percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lucas 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lucas residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 190 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty one percent have ever been obese. Fifty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty five percent of Lucas residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty two 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. Seven percent have ever used heroin. Twenty percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Lucas have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty 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

Lucas 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

Eleven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of Lucas residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty seven 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. Thirty seven 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. Twenty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eighteen 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.

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Prescription Medications

Lucas residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Lucas have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.5 days per month on average. They have 5.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 26 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Lucas residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Nineteen percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Lucas 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 nine women. He has vaginal sex with nine 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 three women. People in Lucas were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Lucas has vaginal or anal sex 39 times a year. Forty one percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Lucas residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty eight percent of Lucas 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nineteen 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 nine 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 six 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty two percent of Lucas residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty nine percent are overweight. Twelve percent of people living in Lucas have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have congestive heart failure. Eight percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have ever had emphysema. Eight percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lucas report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 29 percent of Lucas residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lucas spend $345 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Lucas spends $102 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $121 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Lucas report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Seventy three 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. Eight percent of Lucas population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty six 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. Thirty three percent of people in Lucas had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty eight percent of Lucas residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty percent of Lucas 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. Forty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Nineteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eleven percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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