Health and Nutrition of Iroquois, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty seven percent of Iroquois residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 nine 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Iroquois 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). Twenty five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Iroquois residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 24 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 one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Iroquois residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty five percent of people living in Iroquois have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Iroquois 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

Twenty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty three percent of people in Iroquois frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Nineteen percent of people living in Iroquois use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of Iroquois residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Iroquois residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Iroquois have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.2 days per month on average. They have 11.4 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Iroquois residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Ninety percent have ever had anal sex. People in Iroquois were 13 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 16 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 14 women. People in Iroquois 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. The average person in Iroquois has vaginal or anal sex 92 times a year. Twenty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Iroquois 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. Women here have on average 1.6 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Iroquois residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Sixty five percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy two percent of Iroquois residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Iroquois 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 three 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. Twenty five 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Forty five percent are overweight. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Iroquois were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety two percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Forty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Iroquois report their general health condition on average at 37 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Iroquois residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty percent of people living in Iroquois are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Iroquois spend $222 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Iroquois report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Fifty five 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. Seventy five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventy 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. Thirteen percent of people in Iroquois had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty five percent of Iroquois 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. Forty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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