Health and Nutrition of Rarden, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty seven percent of Rarden residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 10 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. 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Rarden 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). Rarden residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 39 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Rarden residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 173 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Sixty six percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy nine percent of Rarden residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rarden residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate three 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 four percent of people living in Rarden are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Fourteen percent of people living in Rarden use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixty two percent of Rarden residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Rarden residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Rarden 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 2.0 days per month on average. They have 2.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 11 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety four percent of Rarden residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. People in Rarden were 13 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 49 women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 13 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Rarden has vaginal or anal sex 35 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Rarden residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fifty seven percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty five percent of Rarden residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent of Rarden 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. Eighteen 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. Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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. Twenty three 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 one 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

Five percent of Rarden residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Fifty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty one percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Rarden report their general health condition on average at 43 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 18 percent of Rarden residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Rarden are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rarden spend $266 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 Rarden spends $36 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $82 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 12 percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Rarden report their general condition of hearing on average at 74 percent. Forty six 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. Forty nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifty four percent of Rarden population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty four 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. Seven percent of people in Rarden had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Fifty two percent of Rarden 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. Fifty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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