Forty eight percent of Grand Rivers 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 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 three "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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The average Grand Rivers 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). Grand Rivers residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.
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The average height of Grand Rivers residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty three percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.
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Sixty three percent of Grand Rivers residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eighteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Seventeen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.
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Thirty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.
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Grand Rivers 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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Fifty one percent of people living in Grand Rivers are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.
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Seventeen percent of people in Grand Rivers frequently check their blood cholesterol.
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Thirty eight percent of people living in Grand Rivers use sunscreen.
Twenty seven percent of Grand Rivers residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty four percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.
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Eighty seven percent of people living in Grand Rivers have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 2.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 11 days a year.
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Ninety six percent of Grand Rivers residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Grand Rivers have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Grand Rivers 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 15 women. He has vaginal sex with 13 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. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.9 men on average. They have had 2.8 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Grand Rivers were 17 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 three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Grand Rivers has vaginal or anal sex 83 times a year. Fifty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Grand Rivers 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.
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Four percent of households in Grand Rivers use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.
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Grand Rivers residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.
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Thirty two percent of Grand Rivers residents currently smoke cigarettes.
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Twenty three percent of Grand Rivers 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. Thirty 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. Thirty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty two 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 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 1.3 hours per day.
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Seven percent of Grand Rivers 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". Seventeen percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.
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Thirty seven percent of births in Grand Rivers were vaginal deliveries. Sixty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy six percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.
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People living in Grand Rivers report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 36 percent of Grand Rivers residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Grand Rivers are left-handed.
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People in Grand Rivers spend $358 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Grand Rivers spends $80 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $188 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $34 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.
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People living in Grand Rivers report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety two 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 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. Twelve percent of people in Grand Rivers had off-work exposure to loud noise.
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