Health and Nutrition of Wickliffe, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Wickliffe 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 two 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 Wickliffe 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). Fourteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Wickliffe residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 39 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 four days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wickliffe residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 174 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Sixty one percent of people living here are obese. Ninety percent have ever been obese. Seventeen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy five percent of Wickliffe residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Seventeen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Wickliffe have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Wickliffe 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

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

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Health Insurance

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

Forty two percent of people living in Wickliffe use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty six percent of Wickliffe residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty two percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty six 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. Six percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Wickliffe residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Wickliffe 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 2.6 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Wickliffe residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Wickliffe 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 11 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 two women. People in Wickliffe were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Wickliffe has vaginal or anal sex 76 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Wickliffe 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 13 men on average. They have had 11 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Wickliffe residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Forty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty six percent of Wickliffe residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty percent of Wickliffe 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 five 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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. Fifty six 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Sixty nine percent are overweight. Thirty three 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. Fourteen percent of people living in Wickliffe have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have coronary heart disease. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Twenty one percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Wickliffe were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty three percent of women in Wickliffe have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventeen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty three 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 Wickliffe report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 19 percent of Wickliffe residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wickliffe spend $466 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 38 percent of their income. The average family in Wickliffe spends $125 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $84 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wickliffe report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Eighty 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty seven percent of Wickliffe population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty five 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

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Wickliffe 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. Eighteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eighteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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