Health and Nutrition of Ryland Heights, KY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Ryland Heights 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Ryland Heights resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Ryland Heights residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ryland Heights residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 197 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty one percent of people living here are obese. Sixty two percent have ever been obese. Twenty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty eight percent of Ryland Heights residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Nine percent of people living in Ryland Heights have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ryland Heights 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

Twenty three percent of Ryland Heights 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. Forty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eleven 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. Thirty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty eight percent of people living in Ryland Heights are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people living in Ryland Heights have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty six percent of people in Ryland Heights frequently check their blood cholesterol. Sixteen 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

Nineteen percent of people living in Ryland Heights use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twelve percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Eleven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Nineteen 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

Ryland Heights residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Ryland Heights have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 9.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 31 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Ryland Heights residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eleven percent of males in Ryland Heights 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. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex. People in Ryland Heights 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 37 women. He has vaginal sex with 34 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 11 women. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Ryland Heights were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Ryland Heights has vaginal or anal sex 128 times a year. Forty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Ryland Heights 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty eight percent of Ryland Heights residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty six percent of Ryland Heights 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. Sixty one 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 six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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. Sixty 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Ryland Heights 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". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Eighteen percent are overweight. Twenty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have coronary heart disease. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. One percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty five percent of births in Ryland Heights were vaginal deliveries. Fifteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Ryland Heights have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Ninety two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ryland Heights report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 49 percent of Ryland Heights residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty percent of people living in Ryland Heights are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ryland Heights spend $399 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 Ryland Heights spends $100 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $95 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ryland Heights report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Seventy 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen percent of Ryland Heights population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty one 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 two percent of people in Ryland Heights had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of Ryland Heights 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. Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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