Health and Nutrition of Chain-O-Lakes, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty eight percent of Chain-O-Lakes 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 seven 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 Chain-O-Lakes 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Forty eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Chain-O-Lakes residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 39 percent. 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 Chain-O-Lakes residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 183 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty four percent of people living here are obese. Sixty seven percent have ever been obese. Twenty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Ninety four percent of Chain-O-Lakes residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty five percent of people living in Chain-O-Lakes have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Twenty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Chain-O-Lakes residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Twenty five percent of Chain-O-Lakes 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 a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Twenty nine percent of people living in Chain-O-Lakes are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people living in Chain-O-Lakes have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventeen percent of people in Chain-O-Lakes frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Fourteen percent of people living in Chain-O-Lakes use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Chain-O-Lakes residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in Chain-O-Lakes have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 1.8 days per month on average. They have 8.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 34 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Chain-O-Lakes 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. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Chain-O-Lakes were 13 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 47 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 14 women. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Chain-O-Lakes has vaginal or anal sex 90 times a year. Fifty six percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Fifteen percent of households in Chain-O-Lakes use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Chain-O-Lakes residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three percent of Chain-O-Lakes 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 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. Twenty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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. Nineteen 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 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

Eight percent of Chain-O-Lakes residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty two percent are overweight. Twenty five percent of people living in Chain-O-Lakes have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eight percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Chain-O-Lakes report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Chain-O-Lakes residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Chain-O-Lakes spend $301 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 Chain-O-Lakes spends $69 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $77 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 Chain-O-Lakes report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Seventy 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. Seventy five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty eight percent of Chain-O-Lakes population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy nine 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. Eight percent of people in Chain-O-Lakes had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Seventeen percent of Chain-O-Lakes 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 Chain-O-Lakes 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. Forty eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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