Health and Nutrition of Davey, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty three percent of Davey residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 five 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 Davey 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. Thirty four percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Davey 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Davey residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Davey 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Fifty nine percent of people living in Davey are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Thirteen percent of people living in Davey use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty three percent of Davey residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twelve percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in Davey have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 days per month on average. They have 4.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 39 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Davey 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 percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Davey were 17 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 14 women. People living here were on average 19 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 Davey were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Davey has vaginal or anal sex 108 times a year. Fifty one percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Davey residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty one percent of Davey 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 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty five 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 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 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent of Davey residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty four percent are overweight. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Davey report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Eight percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Davey residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Davey spend $367 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Davey spends $125 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $137 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Davey report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety eight 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. Thirty seven percent of Davey population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Thirty two percent of people in Davey had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty six percent of Davey 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 seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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