Health and Nutrition of Zion, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Zion residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 10 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 six 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Zion 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). Forty one percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Zion residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 33 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Zion residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 171 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Sixteen percent of people living here are obese. Twenty eight percent have ever been obese. Fifty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Zion residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Fifteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Zion have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty five 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

Zion 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

Fifty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty five percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty percent of people in Zion frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Zion use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twelve percent of Zion residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twelve percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen 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. 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Zion residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Zion have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.3 days per month on average. They have 4.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Zion 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. Ninety five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Zion have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Sixteen percent have ever had anal sex. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Zion 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.2 men on average. People in Zion were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Zion has vaginal or anal sex 26 times a year. Forty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Zion 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty five percent of households in Zion use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Three percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty four percent of Zion residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Zion 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 eight 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. Thirty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty one 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 seven 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 seven 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Zion residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Sixteen percent are overweight. Twenty 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. Thirty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty three percent of births in Zion were vaginal deliveries. Forty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Zion report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Zion residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Zion are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Zion spend $465 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. This is four percent of their income. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $54 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Zion report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Ninety 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 two percent of Zion population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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 six percent of people in Zion had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Nineteen percent of Zion 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 are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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