Health and Nutrition of Mount Leonard, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty eight percent of Mount Leonard residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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 four 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mount Leonard 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). Mount Leonard residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 40 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mount Leonard residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 186 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Thirty three percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Eighty six percent of Mount Leonard residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Sixty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mount Leonard residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero time at night (from time they go to bed at night until the time they get up in the morning).

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty six percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty eight percent of people in Mount Leonard frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty two percent of people living in Mount Leonard use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty one percent of Mount Leonard residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty six percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty two percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty nine percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Five 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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Alcohol use

Ninety three percent of people living in Mount Leonard have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 55 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Mount Leonard residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Mount Leonard 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 49 women. He has vaginal sex with 48 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Seven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Mount Leonard has vaginal or anal sex 58 times a year. Eighty percent have sex without using a condom. Eighty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Mount Leonard residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Mount Leonard residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty nine percent of Mount Leonard 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 four 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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. Sixteen 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mount Leonard report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 57 percent of Mount Leonard residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mount Leonard spend $258 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 Mount Leonard spends $46 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $136 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $nine monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mount Leonard report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Ninety seven 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty two 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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