Health and Nutrition of Toccopola, MS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Toccopola residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 seven 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 four of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat four "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 Toccopola 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 percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Toccopola residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Toccopola residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 162 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Toccopola have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Toccopola 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

Eight percent of Toccopola 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. Eight percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty five percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifteen percent of people living in Toccopola have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty percent of people in Toccopola frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Seventeen percent of people living in Toccopola use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Toccopola residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Toccopola 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 4.7 days per month on average. They have 3.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 19 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Toccopola 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. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Toccopola were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 26 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Toccopola were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. The average person in Toccopola has vaginal or anal sex 71 times a year. Fifty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Toccopola 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty six percent of Toccopola residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Toccopola 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 five 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. Fifty four 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. Fifty 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 seven 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Toccopola residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Ten percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty seven percent are overweight. Five percent of people living in Toccopola have ever received a blood transfusion. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Seven percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty three percent of births in Toccopola were vaginal deliveries. Thirty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.2 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Toccopola report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 64 percent of Toccopola residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Toccopola are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Toccopola spend $329 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 34 percent of their income. The average family in Toccopola spends $89 on food at other stores monthly. This is 10 percent of their income. They spend $106 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $14 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Toccopola report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Seventy five 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 six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Nine percent of Toccopola population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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 two percent of people in Toccopola had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Toccopola 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. Nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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