Health and Nutrition of Lamar Heights, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Lamar Heights residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 five 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 three 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lamar Heights 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Lamar Heights residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lamar Heights residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 189 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Sixty four percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Lamar Heights residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Twenty nine percent of people living in Lamar Heights have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty 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

Lamar Heights 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

Hundred 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. Eighty six percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty eight percent of people living in Lamar Heights are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty nine percent of people in Lamar Heights frequently check their blood cholesterol. Forty four 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 six percent of people living in Lamar Heights use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Lamar Heights residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Lamar Heights have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.1 days per month on average. They have 4.4 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 Lamar Heights residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Fifty percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Lamar Heights were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 10 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.5 men on average. They have had 3.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Lamar Heights were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Nineteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Lamar Heights has vaginal or anal sex 145 times a year. Seventy two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lamar Heights 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty four percent of Lamar Heights residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Lamar Heights 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. Seventy 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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 two 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirteen percent of Lamar Heights residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Sixty percent are overweight. Seventeen 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. Eleven percent of people living in Lamar Heights have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Four percent have another thyroid problem. Twenty five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy nine percent of births in Lamar Heights were vaginal deliveries. Twenty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventeen percent of women in Lamar Heights have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eight percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seventeen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Seventeen 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 Lamar Heights report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Lamar Heights residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Lamar Heights are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lamar Heights spend $373 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 37 percent of their income. The average family in Lamar Heights spends $65 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $102 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $46 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lamar Heights report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Eighty three 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. Forty percent of Lamar Heights population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty eight 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. Thirty three percent of people in Lamar Heights had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Sixty eight percent of Lamar Heights residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty nine percent of Lamar Heights 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 two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Seven percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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