Health and Nutrition of Kelliher, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Kelliher residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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 three 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 five "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Kelliher 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Kelliher residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Kelliher residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty eight percent of Kelliher residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Fourteen percent of people living in Kelliher have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty 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

Kelliher 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

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

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Health Insurance

Seventy six percent of people living in Kelliher are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty nine percent of people living in Kelliher have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty six percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty four percent of people in Kelliher frequently check their blood cholesterol. Forty 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

Thirty one percent of people living in Kelliher use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Kelliher residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy nine percent of people living in Kelliher have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.5 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Kelliher residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Forty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Kelliher were 18 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 eight 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 1.1 men on average. They have had 0.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Kelliher 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. Nineteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Kelliher has vaginal or anal sex 58 times a year. Twenty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Kelliher 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. Thirty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Kelliher residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Kelliher 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 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. Twenty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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. Twenty six 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 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

Seventeen percent of Kelliher residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty six percent are overweight. Eleven 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. Eleven percent of people living in Kelliher have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have ever been told they had gout. Nine percent have congestive heart failure. Nine percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Eight percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Twelve percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty eight percent of births in Kelliher were vaginal deliveries. Twelve percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Ten percent of women in Kelliher have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Five percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Thirty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Ten percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Kelliher report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Kelliher residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Kelliher are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Kelliher spend $352 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 Kelliher spends $109 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $102 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $20 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Kelliher report their general condition of hearing on average at 73 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty five percent of Kelliher population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty two 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. Nineteen percent of people in Kelliher had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty seven percent of Kelliher residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Forty four percent of Kelliher 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. Fifty 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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