Health and Nutrition of Joplin, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Joplin 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 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Joplin 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). Ten 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). Joplin 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Joplin residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty nine percent of Joplin residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Four percent have ever used heroin. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Eighteen percent of people living in Joplin have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty two percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Joplin 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

Nine percent of Joplin 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. Sixty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Nineteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty six percent of people living in Joplin have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty seven percent of people in Joplin frequently check their blood cholesterol. Nineteen 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

Eighteen percent of people living in Joplin use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Joplin residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Joplin 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 5.1 days per month on average. They have 5.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 33 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Joplin residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Joplin have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Joplin 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 18 women. He has vaginal sex with 19 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 1.2 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Joplin were 24 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. Seventeen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Joplin has vaginal or anal sex 36 times a year. Forty five percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Joplin 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

Forty seven percent of Joplin residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Joplin 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. Forty 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. Thirty four 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Joplin residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seven percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty five percent are overweight. Ten percent of people living in Joplin have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have ever been told they had gout. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

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

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Consumer Behavior

People in Joplin spend $487 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Joplin spends $111 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $253 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $16 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Joplin report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety eight 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty nine 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 Joplin had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty percent of Joplin 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 Joplin 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. Sixteen 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. Nine percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Seven 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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