Health and Nutrition of Prairie Home, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of Prairie Home residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Prairie Home resident last visited a dentist one 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. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Prairie Home 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Prairie Home residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 205 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty five percent of people living here are obese. Sixty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Forty three percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Prairie Home 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

Ten percent of Prairie Home 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty five percent of people living in Prairie Home are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifteen percent of people in Prairie Home frequently check their blood cholesterol. Sixteen 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 three percent of people living in Prairie Home use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Prairie Home residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety eight percent of people living in Prairie Home have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.6 days per month on average. They have 4.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Prairie Home residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty seven percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Prairie Home were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 34 women. He has vaginal sex with 32 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 11 women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.8 men on average. They have had 1.8 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Prairie Home were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Prairie Home residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty seven percent of Prairie Home residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty nine percent of Prairie Home 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. Sixty nine 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. Fifty 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. Seventy eight 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 four 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nineteen percent of Prairie Home residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. 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 percent are overweight. Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Prairie Home report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 72 percent of Prairie Home residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twenty one percent of people living in Prairie Home are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Prairie Home spend $363 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Prairie Home spends $103 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $122 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $41 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Prairie Home report their general condition of hearing on average at 92 percent. Ninety two 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty three percent of Prairie Home population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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. Twenty four percent of people in Prairie Home had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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