Health and Nutrition of Garretson, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty nine percent of Garretson residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 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 five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Garretson 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). Fourteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Ten percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Garretson residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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 four 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Garretson residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 160 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty nine percent of people living here are obese. Thirty one percent have ever been obese. Fifty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty eight percent of Garretson residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Garretson 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 have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty two percent of people in Garretson frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Garretson use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty eight percent of Garretson residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty two percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Sixteen 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 percent of people living in Garretson have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Garretson 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 eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Garretson have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex. Fourteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Garretson 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 13 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.7 men on average. They have had 2.6 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Garretson were 18 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. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Garretson has vaginal or anal sex 104 times a year. Fifty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Garretson 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Garretson residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five 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 six 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. Fifty 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 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 2.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Garretson residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirteen percent are overweight. Ten percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty six percent of births in Garretson were vaginal deliveries. Forty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Garretson report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 51 percent of Garretson residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Garretson are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Garretson spend $385 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Garretson spends $113 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $178 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Garretson report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty three 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. Twenty three percent of people in Garretson had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Garretson 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.

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