Health and Nutrition of Millersburg, MI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Millersburg residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 one "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 Millersburg 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). Eleven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Millersburg residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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 two 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 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Millersburg residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 217 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 33. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Sixty five percent have ever been obese. Forty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Millersburg residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seventeen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twelve percent of people living in Millersburg have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Nine percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Millersburg residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

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

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Millersburg residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy nine percent of people living in Millersburg have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.4 days per month on average. They have 16.0 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Millersburg residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Millersburg were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 24 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Millersburg were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty four percent of Millersburg residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent of Millersburg 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. Fifteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Millersburg residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seven percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Sixty two percent are overweight. Twenty two 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. Fourteen percent of people living in Millersburg have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have congestive heart failure. Eleven percent have another thyroid problem. Twenty four percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Millersburg report their general health condition on average at 41 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 51 percent of Millersburg residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Sixteen percent of people living in Millersburg are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Millersburg spend $364 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Millersburg spends $42 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $62 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $11 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Millersburg report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 percent. Eighty one 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. Eighty six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty two percent of Millersburg population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Eighty 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. Twenty percent of people in Millersburg had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty five percent of Millersburg 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 Millersburg 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. Twenty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Seventeen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty one percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Seventeen 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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