Health and Nutrition of Grand Lake Towne, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty eight percent of Grand Lake Towne residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 five 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. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Grand Lake Towne 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 percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Grand Lake Towne residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 percent. 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 14 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Grand Lake Towne residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 189 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Twenty seven percent of people living here are obese. Sixty five percent have ever been obese. Fifty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty five percent of Grand Lake Towne residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Ten percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Grand Lake Towne residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Thirty three percent of Grand Lake Towne 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 three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty one percent of people living in Grand Lake Towne are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty one percent of people living in Grand Lake Towne have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixty percent of people in Grand Lake Towne frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eighteen 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

Forty nine percent of people living in Grand Lake Towne use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Grand Lake Towne residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Grand Lake Towne have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.1 days per month on average. They have 7.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 28 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Grand Lake Towne 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. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Fourteen percent of males in Grand Lake Towne have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Grand Lake Towne 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 69 women. He has vaginal sex with 42 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 seven women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.8 men on average. They have had 1.3 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Grand Lake Towne 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. The average person in Grand Lake Towne has vaginal or anal sex 27 times a year. Thirty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Grand Lake Towne 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with nine men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Six percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Grand Lake Towne residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty three percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty nine percent of Grand Lake Towne residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty six 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. Fifteen 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 nine 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 seven 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 2.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Forty six percent are overweight. Forty eight 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. Twenty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have ever had emphysema. Eighteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy two percent of births in Grand Lake Towne were vaginal deliveries. Twenty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety percent of women breastfeed their children. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Twenty five percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Grand Lake Towne report their general health condition on average at 42 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Grand Lake Towne residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Thirteen percent of people living in Grand Lake Towne are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Grand Lake Towne spend $461 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 12 percent of their income. The average family in Grand Lake Towne spends $201 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $256 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Grand Lake Towne report their general condition of hearing on average at 74 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. Thirty four percent of Grand Lake Towne population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Twenty nine percent of people in Grand Lake Towne had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Ten percent of Grand Lake Towne 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. Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eleven percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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