Health and Nutrition of Edwardsville, AL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Edwardsville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 four 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Edwardsville 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). Twelve percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Edwardsville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Edwardsville residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 187 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty seven percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy eight percent of Edwardsville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin.

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Health Insurance

Twenty six percent of people living in Edwardsville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Nineteen percent of people in Edwardsville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Edwardsville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Edwardsville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.8 days per month on average. They have 15.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 45 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Edwardsville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Edwardsville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Edwardsville were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 34 women. He has vaginal sex with 33 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Edwardsville were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fourteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Edwardsville has vaginal or anal sex 50 times a year. Sixty six percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty eight percent of Edwardsville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty four percent of Edwardsville 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. Forty one 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty one 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 seven 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Edwardsville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twelve percent are overweight. Twenty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Edwardsville report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Ten percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Edwardsville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Edwardsville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Edwardsville spend $346 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 28 percent of their income. The average family in Edwardsville spends $54 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $139 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $10 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Edwardsville report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety four 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. Forty four 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. Nine percent of people in Edwardsville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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