Health and Nutrition of Brandon, VT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Brandon residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 10 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 two "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 Brandon 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). Five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Brandon residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Brandon residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 220 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 34. Fifty four percent of people living here are obese. Seventy six percent have ever been obese. Sixty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Sixty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Brandon 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

Fifty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty six percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Forty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty seven percent of people in Brandon frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eight 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 three percent of people living in Brandon use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Seventy three percent of people living in Brandon have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Three percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 7.8 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Brandon residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Brandon were 13 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.0 men on average. They have had 2.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Brandon were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Brandon has vaginal or anal sex 137 times a year. Thirty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Brandon 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.1 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty two percent of households in Brandon use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

Brandon residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty nine percent of Brandon residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty percent of Brandon 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 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. 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 eight 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 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifteen percent of Brandon residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seventy six percent are overweight. Forty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty three percent of births in Brandon were vaginal deliveries. Forty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Nine percent of women in Brandon have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eighty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Brandon report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 92 percent of Brandon residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Fifteen percent of people living in Brandon are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Brandon spend $266 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. The average family in Brandon spends $64 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Brandon report their general condition of hearing on average at 97 percent. Ninety 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. Thirty five percent of Brandon population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy 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 four percent of people in Brandon had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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