Health and Nutrition of La Croft, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of La Croft 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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Oral Health

The average La Croft 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). La Croft residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of La Croft residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 185 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty three percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Twenty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of La Croft residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in La Croft have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

La Croft 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

Twenty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Forty eight percent of people living in La Croft are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people living in La Croft have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty three percent of people in La Croft frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty three percent of people living in La Croft use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty six percent of La Croft residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twelve percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twelve percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifteen 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. One percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Eighty four percent of people living in La Croft have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.9 days per month on average. They have 4.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of La Croft 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. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in La Croft have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty seven 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. Seven percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in La Croft 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 26 women. He has vaginal sex with 21 women. People living here were on average 20 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 1.7 men on average. They have had 1.2 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in La Croft were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in La Croft has vaginal or anal sex 71 times a year. Forty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in La Croft 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. Sixty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Four percent of households in La Croft use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

La Croft residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty five percent of La Croft residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty six percent of La Croft 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 six 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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. Forty two 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of La Croft 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". Twenty three percent are overweight. Twelve percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have congestive heart failure. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Forty seven percent of births in La Croft were vaginal deliveries. Fifty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Sixteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in La Croft report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of La Croft residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in La Croft are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in La Croft spend $371 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in La Croft spends $80 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $152 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $27 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in La Croft report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Ninety 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. Forty 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. Fourteen percent of people in La Croft had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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