Health and Nutrition of Battle Creek, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Battle Creek residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 two 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Battle Creek 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Battle Creek residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Battle Creek residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty seven percent have ever been obese. Eighteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty four percent of Battle Creek residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eighteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Battle Creek have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Battle Creek 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

Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Fifty six percent of people living in Battle Creek are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty five percent of people in Battle Creek frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirteen 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 two percent of people living in Battle Creek use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty three percent of Battle Creek 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 four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nineteen 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. Seven 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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Prescription Medications

Battle Creek residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy four percent of people living in Battle Creek have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.5 days per month on average. They have 8.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Battle Creek residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Battle Creek have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Battle Creek 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 24 women. He has vaginal sex with 22 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Battle Creek were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Battle Creek has vaginal or anal sex 35 times a year. Thirty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Battle Creek 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty four percent of Battle Creek residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Battle Creek 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 seven 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. Twenty six 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. Twenty five 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 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Battle Creek residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty six percent are overweight. Fifty 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. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty percent of births in Battle Creek were vaginal deliveries. Fifty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 94.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Fourteen percent of women in Battle Creek have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seven percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eleven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Battle Creek report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 27 percent of Battle Creek residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Battle Creek are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Battle Creek spend $347 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 Battle Creek spends $83 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $147 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Battle Creek report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 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. Ten percent of Battle Creek population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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. Twenty four percent of people in Battle Creek had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty seven percent of Battle Creek 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 are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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