Health and Nutrition of Mount Pleasant, AR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Mount Pleasant 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 one 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Mount Pleasant 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Mount Pleasant residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mount Pleasant residents 16 years and older is 61 inches. The average weight is 167 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty three percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty four percent of Mount Pleasant residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Sixteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Nine percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Eleven percent of people living in Mount Pleasant have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant 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. Fifty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eighteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eleven percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Fifty eight percent of people living in Mount Pleasant are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people living in Mount Pleasant have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty seven percent of people in Mount Pleasant frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twelve 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 five percent of people living in Mount Pleasant use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty six percent of Mount Pleasant residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty 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. Twenty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fifteen 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. Seven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Mount Pleasant residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy percent of people living in Mount Pleasant have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eighteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.6 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

Ninety six percent of Mount Pleasant residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety one percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Mount Pleasant have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty seven percent have ever had anal sex. People in Mount Pleasant were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 18 women. He has vaginal sex with 18 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. They have had 0.4 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Mount Pleasant were 21 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. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Mount Pleasant has vaginal or anal sex 65 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Women here have on average 1.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Mount Pleasant residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty one percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty five percent of Mount Pleasant residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twelve percent of Mount Pleasant 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 two 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seventeen 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. Thirty one 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 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Mount Pleasant residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Five percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty seven percent are overweight. Eight percent of people living in Mount Pleasant have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty three percent of births in Mount Pleasant were vaginal deliveries. Thirty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Mount Pleasant have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Sixty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty four percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Seven 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 Mount Pleasant report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Mount Pleasant residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eleven percent of people living in Mount Pleasant are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mount Pleasant spend $430 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. The average family in Mount Pleasant spends $125 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $156 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mount Pleasant report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty four 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. Eight percent of people in Mount Pleasant had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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