Health and Nutrition of Circleville, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty five percent of Circleville 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 nine 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 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

The average Circleville 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). Thirty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Circleville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 35 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 Circleville residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty seven percent have ever been obese. Fourteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Circleville residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Nineteen percent of people in Circleville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty three percent of people living in Circleville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Circleville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 days per month on average. They have 10.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Circleville 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. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Circleville were 13 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 16 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 16 women. People in Circleville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eight percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Circleville has vaginal or anal sex 53 times a year. Sixty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Circleville 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. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Circleville residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Forty percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Circleville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixteen percent of Circleville 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 three 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 three 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. Eighteen 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 five 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 0.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty three percent of people living in Circleville have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty seven percent of births in Circleville were vaginal deliveries. Sixty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Circleville report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 36 percent of Circleville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Circleville spend $270 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Circleville spends $37 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $86 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $eight monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Circleville report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Sixty 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. Sixty seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty five percent of Circleville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty six 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

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

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