Health and Nutrition of Renick, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Renick residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 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 seven frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Renick resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Renick residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Renick residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 143 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Thirteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Renick 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

Seven percent of Renick 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty nine percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Renick are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Sixteen percent of people living in Renick use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Renick residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventeen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seventeen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Renick have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.3 days per month on average. They have 8.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 36 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Renick residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Renick were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Renick were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. The average person in Renick has vaginal or anal sex 71 times a year. Forty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Renick 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty percent of Renick residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixty three 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 four 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 2.5 hours per day.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy five percent of births in Renick were vaginal deliveries. Twenty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seventeen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Renick report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 17 percent of Renick residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Renick spend $679 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Renick spends $131 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $192 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Renick report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 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. Sixty 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. Thirteen percent of people in Renick had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Renick 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. Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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