Health and Nutrition of Clarence, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Clarence 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 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.

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Oral Health

The average Clarence 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty seven percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Clarence residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 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 two 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Clarence residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 203 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Forty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty nine percent of Clarence 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. Eighteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Clarence 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 Clarence 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. Thirty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fourteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy two percent of people living in Clarence are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Thirteen percent of people living in Clarence use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty two percent of Clarence residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen 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. Eleven 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

Clarence residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy percent of people living in Clarence have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirty percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.8 days per month on average. They have 14.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 40 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Clarence 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 six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Clarence have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Clarence were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 23 women. He has vaginal sex with 22 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 12 women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.1 men on average. People in Clarence were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Clarence has vaginal or anal sex 104 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Clarence residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty one percent of Clarence residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Clarence 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. Forty 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. Thirty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty two 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty eight percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. Five percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Clarence report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 40 percent of Clarence residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Clarence spend $324 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Clarence spends $59 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $176 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $21 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Clarence report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Hundred 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. Fifty six 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. Eighteen percent of people in Clarence had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Twelve percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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