Health and Nutrition of Lobelville, TN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty six percent of Lobelville 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 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lobelville 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). Forty nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Lobelville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 33 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 16 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lobelville residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy percent of Lobelville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty four percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people living in Lobelville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lobelville 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

Forty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty nine percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Forty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Twenty three percent of people living in Lobelville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of Lobelville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Sixty four percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Prescription Medications

Lobelville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Lobelville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.0 days per month on average. They have 6.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 23 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Lobelville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Lobelville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty three percent have ever had anal sex. Seventeen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Lobelville 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 51 women. He has vaginal sex with 49 women. People living here were on average 24 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Lobelville 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. The average person in Lobelville has vaginal or anal sex 33 times a year. Females in Lobelville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty six percent of households in Lobelville use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Twelve percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Lobelville residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty eight percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Lobelville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Six 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 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 four 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Forty five percent are overweight. Thirty five 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. Twenty percent of people living in Lobelville have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty four percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty three percent of births in Lobelville were vaginal deliveries. Seventeen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty three percent of women in Lobelville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty three percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Thirty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lobelville report their general health condition on average at 43 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Lobelville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Lobelville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lobelville spend $381 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Lobelville spends $99 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $129 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lobelville report their general condition of hearing on average at 73 percent. Seventy three 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. Eighty percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty seven percent of Lobelville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty seven 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty percent of Lobelville 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 six percent of Lobelville 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 six percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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