Health and Nutrition of Hackett, AR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Hackett 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 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 three "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 Hackett 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). Sixteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Hackett residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Hackett residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 174 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Hackett residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one 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. Twenty two percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Hackett 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 Hackett 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 five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twelve percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twelve percent of people living in Hackett have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Sixteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty percent of people in Hackett frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifteen 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

Twenty seven percent of people living in Hackett use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty one percent of Hackett residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nineteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty three 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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Prescription Medications

Hackett residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty five percent of people living in Hackett have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine 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 7.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 34 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Hackett 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. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Nine percent of males in Hackett have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty six percent have ever had anal sex. Fifteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Hackett were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 39 women. He has vaginal sex with 33 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 five women. They have had 0.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Hackett were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Hackett has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Thirty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Hackett 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty eight percent of Hackett residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Hackett 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 eight 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 seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty one 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Hackett residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty five percent are overweight. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Four percent have congestive heart failure. Five percent have coronary heart disease. Five 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. Five percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy six percent of births in Hackett were vaginal deliveries. Twenty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.6 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy three percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Ten percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Hackett report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 42 percent of Hackett residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Hackett are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Hackett spend $423 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Hackett spends $110 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $112 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $36 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Hackett report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety 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. Twenty one percent of Hackett population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty seven 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. Nineteen percent of people in Hackett had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fourteen percent of Hackett 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. Twenty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Five percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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