Health and Nutrition of Ames, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Ames 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 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Ames 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). Twenty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty four percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Ames residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ames residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 163 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty nine percent of Ames residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Seventeen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Ames have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ames 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

Twenty five percent of Ames 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. Eight percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty three percent of people in Ames frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty percent of people living in Ames use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Ames have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.9 days per month on average. They have 4.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 15 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Ames 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. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Ames have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. Ten percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Ames were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 11 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 19 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 Ames were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Ames has vaginal or anal sex 74 times a year. Sixty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Ames 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. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Five percent of households in Ames use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty three percent of Ames residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent of Ames 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. Thirty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty six 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. Forty six 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Ames residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty five percent are overweight. Seventeen 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 have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have congestive heart failure. Two percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty seven percent of births in Ames were vaginal deliveries. Sixty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy six percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twelve percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Ames report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 40 percent of Ames residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Ames are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ames spend $412 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 28 percent of their income. The average family in Ames spends $81 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $139 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ames report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Eighty nine 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. 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 Ames had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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