Health and Nutrition of Rocky Ford, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Rocky Ford residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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. People here eat two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Rocky Ford 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). Twenty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Rocky Ford residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Rocky Ford residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 189 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Sixty two percent of people living here are obese. Sixty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Rocky Ford residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Seventeen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seventeen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Rocky Ford have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Rocky Ford 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

Eleven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty one percent of people living in Rocky Ford are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Fourteen percent of people living in Rocky Ford use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Rocky Ford residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Rocky Ford have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fourteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.0 days per month on average. They have 10.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 24 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Rocky Ford residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Rocky Ford 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Rocky Ford were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Rocky Ford has vaginal or anal sex 79 times a year. Thirty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Rocky Ford 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy three percent of Rocky Ford residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Rocky Ford 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 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. Forty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty three 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 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Rocky Ford residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two 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. Thirty three percent are overweight. Eight 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. Four percent of people living in Rocky Ford have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have ever been told they had gout. Four percent have congestive heart failure. Four percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty two percent of births in Rocky Ford were vaginal deliveries. Eighteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Rocky Ford report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Eight percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 34 percent of Rocky Ford residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Rocky Ford spend $466 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Rocky Ford spends $92 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $104 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $13 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Rocky Ford report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Eighty five 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Sixty one 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. Nineteen percent of people in Rocky Ford had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty five percent of Rocky Ford residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Fifteen percent of Rocky Ford 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. Thirteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Eight 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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