Health and Nutrition of Mount Erie, IL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Mount Erie 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 six 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. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mount Erie 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). Mount Erie residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mount Erie residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 179 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty seven percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Twenty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Sixteen 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 Erie 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 six percent of people living in Mount Erie are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Thirty six percent of people living in Mount Erie use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Mount Erie residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Ten percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Eighteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seven 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

Hundred percent of people living in Mount Erie have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.3 days per month on average. They have 4.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Mount Erie 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 four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Mount Erie have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Mount Erie 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 15 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.7 men on average. They have had 2.6 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Mount Erie were 14 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Mount Erie has vaginal or anal sex 70 times a year. Forty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Forty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Mount Erie 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 three percent of Mount Erie residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty seven percent of Mount Erie 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 one 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 seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Mount Erie residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fourteen percent are overweight. Nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mount Erie report their general health condition on average at 66 percent. Nine percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 34 percent of Mount Erie residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Mount Erie are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mount Erie spend $328 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Mount Erie spends $73 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $217 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $41 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mount Erie report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eight percent of Mount Erie population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty six 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 one percent of people in Mount Erie had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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