Health and Nutrition of Uniontown, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Uniontown residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 one 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Uniontown 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). Twenty seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Uniontown 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Uniontown residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty three percent of people living here are obese. Thirty five percent have ever been obese. Fifty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty five percent of Uniontown residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Uniontown have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Uniontown 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

Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty six percent of people living in Uniontown are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty nine percent of people in Uniontown frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seventeen percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Thirty three percent of people living in Uniontown use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Seventy eight percent of people living in Uniontown have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.8 days per month on average. They have 8.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 51 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Uniontown residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty one percent have ever had anal sex. People in Uniontown were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on nine women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.8 men on average. They have had 1.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Uniontown were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Uniontown has vaginal or anal sex 40 times a year. Twenty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Uniontown 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. Sixty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty nine percent of households in Uniontown use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

Uniontown residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty two percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty eight percent of Uniontown residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Uniontown 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. Forty 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eighteen 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. Fifty 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Uniontown residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Forty seven percent are overweight. Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Forty six percent of births in Uniontown were vaginal deliveries. Fifty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Uniontown report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 53 percent of Uniontown residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Uniontown spend $312 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 Uniontown spends $117 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $116 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $26 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Uniontown report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty seven percent of Uniontown population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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. Fourteen percent of people in Uniontown had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty three percent of Uniontown residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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