Health and Nutrition of Bellmont, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Seventy nine percent of Bellmont 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.

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Oral Health

The average Bellmont 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Bellmont residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 57 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Bellmont residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 142 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25. Fifty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Twenty nine percent of people living in Bellmont have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Bellmont 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

Thirty three percent of Bellmont 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.

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Health Insurance

Eighty six percent of people living in Bellmont 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. Twenty nine percent of people in Bellmont frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty one percent of people living in Bellmont use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Bellmont residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty five percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Bellmont residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty percent of people living in Bellmont have at least one alcoholic drink per month.

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Sexual Behavior

People in Bellmont were 23 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Bellmont were 26 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Seventy one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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. Forty three 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 one 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fourteen percent are overweight. Twenty nine percent of people living in Bellmont have ever received a blood transfusion. Seventeen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Twenty seven percent of births in Bellmont were vaginal deliveries. Seventy three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in Bellmont report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Bellmont residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Bellmont spend $411 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 12 percent of their income. They spend $54 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $20 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Bellmont report their general condition of hearing on average at 89 percent. Hundred 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen 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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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Seventeen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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