Health and Nutrition of Rock Creek, AL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty percent of Rock Creek residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 three 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 Rock Creek 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty six percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Rock Creek residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Rock Creek residents 16 years and older is 59 inches. The average weight is 166 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Forty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty two percent of Rock Creek residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty three 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

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rock Creek 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

Five percent of Rock Creek 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. Sixty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Nine percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Eighteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty five percent of people living in Rock Creek are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifteen percent of people in Rock Creek frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty three percent of people living in Rock Creek use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Rock Creek residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Sixteen 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. Six percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Rock Creek have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.3 days per month on average. They have 4.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Rock Creek 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 percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Two percent of males in Rock Creek have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty three percent have ever had anal sex. Five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Rock Creek 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 16 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 two women. People in Rock Creek were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Rock Creek has vaginal or anal sex 88 times a year. Forty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Rock Creek 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nineteen percent of households in Rock Creek 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

Rock Creek residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fourteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Rock Creek residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty eight percent of Rock Creek 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. Thirty 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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. Thirty 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 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

Five percent of Rock Creek 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". Thirty two percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty two percent of births in Rock Creek were vaginal deliveries. Forty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.3 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty seven percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Rock Creek report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Rock Creek residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Rock Creek are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rock Creek spend $408 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Rock Creek spends $126 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $160 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $34 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Rock Creek report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety two 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. Seven percent of Rock Creek population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Sixteen percent of people in Rock Creek had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Nine percent of Rock Creek 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.

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