Health and Nutrition of Hoyt Lakes, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty four percent of Hoyt Lakes 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 two 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "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 Hoyt Lakes resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Eleven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Hoyt Lakes residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 15 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Hoyt Lakes residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 181 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty five percent of Hoyt Lakes residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eleven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Thirty three percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Five percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Hoyt Lakes residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Eight percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eleven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty one percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty four percent of people living in Hoyt Lakes are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty percent of people living in Hoyt Lakes have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty two percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixty nine percent of people in Hoyt Lakes frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty seven percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Nineteen percent of people living in Hoyt Lakes use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Hoyt Lakes residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty eight percent of people living in Hoyt Lakes have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fifteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.4 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety three percent of Hoyt Lakes 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. Fifty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Hoyt Lakes have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty seven percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Hoyt Lakes 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 19 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.7 men on average. They have had 1.2 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Hoyt Lakes were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Females in Hoyt Lakes 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 14 men on average. They have had 12 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty nine percent of Hoyt Lakes residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Hoyt Lakes 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. Eighteen 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 percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty one 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 seven 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 four 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent of Hoyt Lakes 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". Five percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty one percent are overweight. Twenty one percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Twelve percent of people living in Hoyt Lakes have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nineteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have congestive heart failure. Seven percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Nine percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Eighteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Forty six percent of births in Hoyt Lakes were vaginal deliveries. Fifty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighteen percent of women in Hoyt Lakes have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eight percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Eighteen percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Hoyt Lakes report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Ten percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Hoyt Lakes residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Hoyt Lakes are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Hoyt Lakes spend $333 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Hoyt Lakes spends $97 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $86 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $16 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Hoyt Lakes report their general condition of hearing on average at 74 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirteen percent of Hoyt Lakes population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. 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. Twenty two percent of people in Hoyt Lakes had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Nineteen percent of Hoyt Lakes 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. Twenty eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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