Health and Nutrition of Bonesteel, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty seven percent of Bonesteel 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 two 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. They also eat five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Bonesteel 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Bonesteel residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Bonesteel residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 166 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Forty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy five percent of Bonesteel residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty two percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Bonesteel have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Bonesteel 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

Four percent of Bonesteel 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. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy three percent of people living in Bonesteel are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people living in Bonesteel have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty five percent of people in Bonesteel frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Bonesteel use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty eight percent of Bonesteel residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Forty three percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Forty one percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Forty three 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. Eleven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Bonesteel residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Bonesteel have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fourteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.6 days per month on average. They have 4.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Bonesteel residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty three percent have ever had anal sex. People in Bonesteel 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 15 women. He has vaginal sex with 13 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. People in Bonesteel were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Seven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Bonesteel has vaginal or anal sex 102 times a year. Thirty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Bonesteel 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 13 men on average. They have had 12 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.1 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty six percent of Bonesteel residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Bonesteel 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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. Forty 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Ten percent of Bonesteel 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". Five percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty six percent are overweight. Nine 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. Nine percent of people living in Bonesteel have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Eight percent have another thyroid problem. Five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy eight percent of births in Bonesteel were vaginal deliveries. Twenty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Bonesteel report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 37 percent of Bonesteel residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Thirteen percent of people living in Bonesteel are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Bonesteel spend $415 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Bonesteel spends $112 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $108 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $54 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Bonesteel report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty five 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty four percent of Bonesteel population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Nine percent of people in Bonesteel had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Bonesteel 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. Eighteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Fourteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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