Health and Nutrition of Cottonwood, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Cottonwood 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 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 Cottonwood 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sixteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Cottonwood residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Cottonwood residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 161 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty nine percent of Cottonwood residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Cottonwood have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Three percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Cottonwood 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

Twelve percent of Cottonwood 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. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty five percent of people living in Cottonwood are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty eight percent of people in Cottonwood frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty six percent of people living in Cottonwood use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Cottonwood residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty seven percent of people living in Cottonwood have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty two percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.3 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 11 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety one percent of Cottonwood residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Cottonwood have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy 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 Cottonwood were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 38 women. He has vaginal sex with 36 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 four women. People in Cottonwood were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Eight percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Cottonwood has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Thirty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Cottonwood 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Cottonwood residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Cottonwood 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. Thirty 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. Thirty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty four 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. Thirty 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Cottonwood residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty four percent are overweight. Six percent of people living in Cottonwood have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Forty seven percent of births in Cottonwood were vaginal deliveries. Fifty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.4 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Cottonwood report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Cottonwood residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Cottonwood are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cottonwood spend $423 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Cottonwood spends $114 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $164 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Cottonwood report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety one 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 eight 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. Eight percent of people in Cottonwood had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirteen percent of Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood 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. Nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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