Health and Nutrition of Atlanta, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Twenty nine percent of Atlanta residents report that their diet is generally healthy. 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

Thirty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sixty seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Atlanta residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 29 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Atlanta residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 189 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Seventeen percent of people living here are obese. Sixty seven percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Atlanta residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate three 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventeen percent of people in Atlanta frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Seventeen percent of people living in Atlanta use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixty seven percent of Atlanta residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seventeen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Atlanta have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 days per month on average. They have 14.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 39 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Atlanta residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Atlanta were 12 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 78 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. People living here were on average 15 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. The average person in Atlanta has vaginal or anal sex 31 times a year. Sixty three percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Atlanta residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fifty percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Atlanta residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Atlanta 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. Seventeen 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. Seventeen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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. People living here spend four 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.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Atlanta report their general health condition on average at 46 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Atlanta residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Atlanta spend $210 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. This is two percent of their income. They spend $61 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Atlanta report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Fifty 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. Fifty percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifty percent of Atlanta population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy 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.

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Physical Functioning

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

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