Health and Nutrition of Indianola, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Indianola residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 11 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 two 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 six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Indianola 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). Forty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Indianola residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 35 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 four 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Indianola residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 155 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Twenty three percent have ever been obese. Forty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Indianola 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

Sixteen percent of Indianola 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. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fourteen 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. Fifty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety five percent of people living in Indianola are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Fifty four percent of Indianola residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Eighty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Ninety two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty two percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifty eight percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifty four percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Indianola residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in Indianola have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.5 days per month on average. They have 3.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Indianola residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty seven percent have ever had anal sex. Thirty two percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Indianola 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 12 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Indianola were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Nine percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Indianola has vaginal or anal sex 63 times a year. Thirty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Indianola 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 13 men on average. They have had 13 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.9 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty nine percent of Indianola residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent of Indianola 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. 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. Forty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen 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 one 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Indianola residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Seventeen percent are overweight. Thirteen 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. Fourteen percent of people living in Indianola have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty nine percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Nine percent have ever been told they had gout. Thirteen percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy eight percent of births in Indianola were vaginal deliveries. Twenty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Ten percent of women in Indianola have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Nine percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nine percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Indianola report their general health condition on average at 33 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 39 percent of Indianola residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Indianola are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Indianola spend $362 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Indianola spends $211 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $211 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $10 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Indianola report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Eighty 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 four percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty four percent of Indianola population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Eleven percent of people in Indianola had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty percent of Indianola 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. Thirty three 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. Twenty one percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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