Health and Nutrition of Hurley, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty one percent of Hurley residents report that their diet is generally healthy. 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 Hurley 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). Hurley residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 21 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 one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Hurley residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 186 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Sixteen percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Seventy percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty two percent of Hurley residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Ten percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people living in Hurley have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy 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

Hurley 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

Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Dermatology

Twenty percent of people living in Hurley use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of Hurley residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Eighty seven percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty four percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty four 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

Hurley residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Hurley have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 8.6 days per month on average. They have 11.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 56 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Hurley 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 seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Nineteen percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ten percent of males in Hurley have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Hurley were 14 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 73 women. He has vaginal sex with 44 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 11 women. People in Hurley were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Ten percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Fifty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Seventy three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Thirteen percent of households in Hurley 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

Hurley residents 16 years and older usually get four hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Seventy five percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty four percent of Hurley residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Hurley 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. Sixteen 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 eight 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent are overweight. Twenty four percent of people living in Hurley have ever received a blood transfusion. Three percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Current Health Status

Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 71 percent of Hurley residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Hurley spend $443 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. This is three percent of their income. This is seven percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Hurley report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Seventy six 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 six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Ninety seven 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

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty percent of Hurley 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. Thirty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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