Health and Nutrition of Exira, IA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Exira 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 three 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 Exira 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). Sixteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Forty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Exira residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 Exira residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Forty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty four percent of Exira residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eighteen 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

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Exira 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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Health Insurance

Forty eight percent of people living in Exira are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Twenty two percent of people living in Exira use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty nine percent of Exira residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eighteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty five 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. Forty 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. Ten percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fourteen 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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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Exira have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twelve percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.0 days per month on average. They have 2.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety four percent of Exira residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Exira have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty one percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Exira 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Exira were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Sixteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Exira has vaginal or anal sex 88 times a year. Fifty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Exira 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty two percent of Exira residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty two percent of Exira 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. Thirty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty three 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. Forty 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Exira residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty two percent are overweight. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Forty one percent of births in Exira were vaginal deliveries. Fifty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Exira report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 36 percent of Exira residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Exira are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Exira spend $411 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Exira spends $105 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $155 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five 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 Exira report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety three 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 five 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. Sixteen percent of people in Exira had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Three 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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