Health and Nutrition of Western Grove, AR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of Western Grove 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 three 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Western Grove 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). Western Grove residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 32 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 13 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Western Grove residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 159 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty nine percent have ever been obese. Twenty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty nine percent of Western Grove residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twelve percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twelve percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Nine percent of people living in Western Grove have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty 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

Western Grove 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 Western Grove 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. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty one percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eighty six percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety six percent of people living in Western Grove are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eighteen percent of people living in Western Grove have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty five percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty five percent of people in Western Grove frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty six 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 percent of people living in Western Grove use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty two percent of Western Grove residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventy three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Prescription Medications

Western Grove residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Western Grove have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 3.2 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Western Grove residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Western Grove were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Western Grove were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Western Grove has vaginal or anal sex 46 times a year. Females in Western Grove 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

Twelve percent of households in Western Grove use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Western Grove residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty one percent are overweight. Sixteen percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Nineteen percent of people living in Western Grove have ever received a blood transfusion. Sixty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Twenty one percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy two percent of births in Western Grove were vaginal deliveries. Twenty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Twenty percent of women in Western Grove have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventeen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Western Grove report their general health condition on average at 29 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Western Grove spend $383 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 Western Grove spends $118 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $168 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $eight monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Western Grove report their general condition of hearing on average at 71 percent. Sixty 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. Eighty six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty eight 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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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty nine percent of Western Grove residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Forty one percent of Western Grove 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. Forty three percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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