Health and Nutrition of Mount Cory, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty six percent of Mount Cory residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 four 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mount Cory 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Forty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Mount Cory residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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 three 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 30 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mount Cory residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 181 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Mount Cory residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eleven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Nineteen percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mount Cory 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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Health Insurance

Thirty eight percent of people living in Mount Cory are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Seventeen percent of people living in Mount Cory use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fourteen percent of Mount Cory residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Nineteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty eight 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. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Seven 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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Alcohol use

Eighty six percent of people living in Mount Cory have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 5.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Mount Cory residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Mount Cory have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Mount Cory 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 14 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. People in Mount Cory were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Mount Cory has vaginal or anal sex 84 times a year. Forty seven 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

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

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Sleep Disorders

Mount Cory residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Eleven percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty eight percent of Mount Cory residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty two percent of Mount Cory 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. Fifty two 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty one percent are overweight. Six percent of people living in Mount Cory have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mount Cory report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 28 percent of Mount Cory residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mount Cory spend $387 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Mount Cory spends $119 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $182 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $37 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mount Cory report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seven percent of Mount Cory population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Twenty nine percent of people in Mount Cory had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Mount Cory 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. Four percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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