Health and Nutrition of Spencer, SD Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Spencer residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 four "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

Twenty one percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Spencer residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 one days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Spencer residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 191 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty seven percent of people living here are obese. Thirty one percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Ninety percent of Spencer residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Spencer have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Spencer 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 Spencer 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. Eighty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty five percent of people in Spencer frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Spencer use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of Spencer residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty two percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty seven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Spencer have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.4 days per month on average. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 59 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Spencer residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Ninety percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Spencer have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Spencer were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 56 women. He has vaginal sex with 56 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.0 men on average. People in Spencer were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Nine percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Spencer has vaginal or anal sex 51 times a year. Eighty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Spencer 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 Spencer residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty seven percent of Spencer 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 five 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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. 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Four percent have ever been told they had gout.

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Current Health Status

People living in Spencer report their general health condition on average at 70 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 63 percent of Spencer residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Spencer spend $282 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Spencer spends $51 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $199 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Spencer report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Hundred 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. Forty 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.

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