Health and Nutrition of Pierz, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Pierz 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 four 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.

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Oral Health

The average Pierz resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Pierz residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 54 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. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Pierz residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 189 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Pierz residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty four 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

Pierz 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

Seven percent of Pierz 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people in Pierz frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

Fifteen percent of Pierz residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty 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

Seventy eight percent of people living in Pierz have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty two percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.2 days per month on average. They have 10.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 44 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Pierz 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. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Pierz 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 18 women. He has vaginal sex with 16 women. People living here were on average 21 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 Pierz were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Pierz has vaginal or anal sex 91 times a year. Twenty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Pierz 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty percent of Pierz residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty four percent of Pierz 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. Sixty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty three 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. Seventy five 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Ninety two percent of births in Pierz were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Pierz report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 49 percent of Pierz residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Pierz spend $335 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Pierz spends $76 on food at other stores monthly. This is 10 percent of their income. They spend $119 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 17 percent of their income. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Pierz report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety 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. Fifty nine 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. Thirty five percent of people in Pierz had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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