Health and Nutrition of Liberty, TN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty six percent of Liberty residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 26 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Liberty 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). Seven 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). Liberty 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Liberty residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 180 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty nine percent of people living here are obese. Seventy one percent have ever been obese. Thirty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty percent of Liberty residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Twelve percent of people living in Liberty 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. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Liberty 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

Ten percent of Liberty 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. Five percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty four percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight 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.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty three percent of people living in Liberty 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. Thirty eight percent of people in Liberty frequently check their blood cholesterol. Forty seven 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 two percent of people living in Liberty use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Liberty residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Liberty 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 1.7 days per month on average. They have 3.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety four percent of Liberty 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 four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Liberty have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Liberty were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 57 women. He has vaginal sex with 52 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Liberty were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Twenty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent of households in Liberty 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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Liberty residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Liberty 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. Fifty one 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. Nineteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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. Twenty 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Liberty 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". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty five percent are overweight. Twelve 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. Eleven percent of people living in Liberty have ever received a blood transfusion. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty four percent of births in Liberty were vaginal deliveries. Sixteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixteen percent of women in Liberty 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). Twenty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen 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 Liberty report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 22 percent of Liberty residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Liberty are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Liberty spend $394 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 30 percent of their income. The average family in Liberty spends $70 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $118 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Liberty report their general condition of hearing on average at 73 percent. Eighty four 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 three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Liberty population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty three 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty eight percent of Liberty 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. Forty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Ten percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twelve percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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