Health and Nutrition of Richards, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Richards residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 two 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 five "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Richards 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). Twenty seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Richards residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Richards residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 195 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Fifty seven percent of people living here are obese. Seventy six percent have ever been obese. Twenty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Nineteen percent of people living in Richards have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Richards 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

Twenty nine percent of Richards 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 six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty six percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty six percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty nine percent of people living in Richards are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nineteen percent of people living in Richards have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty six percent of people in Richards frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty two 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

Thirty one percent of people living in Richards use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eleven percent of Richards residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eleven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty four percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Richards residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Richards have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.7 days per month on average. They have 9.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Richards 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Richards 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 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. People living here were on average 19 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 Richards were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Richards has vaginal or anal sex 95 times a year. Sixty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Richards 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty three percent of Richards residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty percent of Richards 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. Fifty nine 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 eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty three 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. Forty nine 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 four 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Richards residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Six percent of people living in Richards have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty nine percent of births in Richards were vaginal deliveries. Thirty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventeen percent of women in Richards have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eighty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty three 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 Richards report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Thirteen percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Richards residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Richards spend $411 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 43 percent of their income. The average family in Richards spends $96 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $64 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Richards report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Sixty 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. Twenty four percent of Richards population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty one 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 eight percent of people in Richards had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty nine percent of Richards 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 four percent of Richards 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. Twenty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Six percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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