Health and Nutrition of Meservey, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Meservey residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 four "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 Meservey 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Meservey residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Meservey residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty five percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty five percent of Meservey residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nineteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Meservey 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

Ten percent of Meservey 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. Forty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifteen percent of people in Meservey frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty one percent of people living in Meservey use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Nineteen percent of Meservey residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty five percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirteen 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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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Meservey 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 2.9 days per month on average. They have 4.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Meservey residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Meservey have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex. People in Meservey 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 34 women. He has vaginal sex with 31 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on six women. People in Meservey were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Meservey has vaginal or anal sex 85 times a year. Forty four percent have sex without using a condom. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty two percent of Meservey residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty one percent of Meservey 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 two 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty two 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 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Meservey residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty nine percent are overweight. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty percent of births in Meservey were vaginal deliveries. Forty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty seven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Meservey report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 36 percent of Meservey residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Meservey are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Meservey spend $396 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Meservey spends $117 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $164 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Meservey report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty four 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. Sixteen percent of people in Meservey had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Meservey 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.

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