Health and Nutrition of Dante, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Dante residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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. They also eat nine frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Dante 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). Eleven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Dante residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 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 five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of six days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Dante residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 170 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty two percent of people living here are obese. Thirty three percent have ever been obese. Eighty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Dante 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

Five percent of Dante 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. Sixty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety two percent of people living in Dante 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 Dante have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure).

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Dermatology

Forty percent of people living in Dante use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Dante have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 7.1 days per month on average. They have 12.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 37 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Dante 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. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Dante 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 nine women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Dante were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Dante has vaginal or anal sex 86 times a year. Thirty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Dante 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 20 men on average. They have had 20 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Dante residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Dante 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 nine 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. Fifty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eight 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. Twenty five 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 seven 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

Eight percent of Dante residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty nine percent are overweight. Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Thirteen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty nine percent of births in Dante were vaginal deliveries. Eleven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Dante report their general health condition on average at 40 percent. Thirteen percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Dante residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Dante spend $311 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Dante spends $133 on food at other stores monthly. This is 11 percent of their income. They spend $101 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Dante report their general condition of hearing on average at 92 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 Dante population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty nine 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 Dante had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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