Health and Nutrition of Oakdale, NE Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty six percent of Oakdale residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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.

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Oral Health

The average Oakdale resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Oakdale residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 30 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 one 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 nine teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Oakdale residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 170 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Eighteen percent of people living here are obese. Sixty two percent have ever been obese. Eleven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Twenty seven percent of Oakdale residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Oakdale 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 Oakdale 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 six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty eight percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventy one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Fifteen percent of people living in Oakdale use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty seven percent of Oakdale residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventy five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventy percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Prescription Medications

Oakdale residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Oakdale have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 4.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 11 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Oakdale residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Oakdale 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 15 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Oakdale were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Oakdale has vaginal or anal sex 39 times a year. Females in Oakdale 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with nine men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty four percent of Oakdale residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. 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 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 three 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 0.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty five percent are overweight. Sixteen 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 five percent of people living in Oakdale have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Four 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.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Oakdale were vaginal deliveries. Fourteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty five percent of women in Oakdale have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty five percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Oakdale report their general health condition on average at 20 percent. Three percent of people living in Oakdale are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Oakdale spend $408 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Oakdale spends $54 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $195 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Oakdale report their general condition of hearing on average at 65 percent. Forty nine 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. Seventy nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventy two 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

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty eight percent of Oakdale 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. Fifty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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