Health and Nutrition of Lorraine, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of Lorraine residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 24 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lorraine 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lorraine residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lorraine residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 166 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty seven percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Thirty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Sixteen percent of people living in Lorraine have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty 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

Lorraine 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

Seventeen percent of Lorraine residents above the age of 40 have problems with their ability to smell, such as not being able to smell things or things not smelling the way they are supposed to. Thirteen percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Eighty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fourteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty one percent of people living in Lorraine are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Eighteen percent of people living in Lorraine use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Lorraine 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 four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nineteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Eighteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Lorraine residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty six percent of people living in Lorraine have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.9 days per month on average. They have 3.9 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Lorraine 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. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Lorraine 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 16 women. He has vaginal sex with 16 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 four women. People in Lorraine were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Lorraine has vaginal or anal sex 79 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Forty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Lorraine residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty two percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty percent of Lorraine residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Lorraine 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. Twenty nine 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen 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 four 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 six 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Lorraine residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Eight percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty two 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 Lorraine have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Nine percent have ever been told they had gout. Four percent have congestive heart failure. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Eleven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. One percent have ever had emphysema. Thirteen percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Fourteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Lorraine were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Eighty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty four percent of women in Lorraine have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Fifteen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Twenty six 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 Lorraine report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 15 percent of Lorraine residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lorraine spend $349 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 Lorraine spends $87 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $132 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $16 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lorraine report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Ninety nine 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. Seven percent of Lorraine population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty one 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 seven percent of people in Lorraine had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifty five percent of Lorraine 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 three percent of Lorraine 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. Nineteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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