Health and Nutrition of Oketo, KS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Oketo residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 40 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average Oketo resident last visited a dentist six years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Oketo residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 25 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 two 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 Oketo residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 202 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 34. Hundred percent of people living here are obese. Hundred percent have ever been obese. Hundred percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Oketo 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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Dermatology

Fifty percent of people living in Oketo use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Oketo residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty eight percent of people living in Oketo have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 2.3 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Oketo 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. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Oketo were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Oketo 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 Oketo has vaginal or anal sex 81 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Oketo 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had 10 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

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

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Sleep Disorders

Oketo 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 percent of Oketo residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Hundred 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. 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 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Hundred percent are overweight.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Oketo were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Oketo have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Ninety two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Forty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Thirty three 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 Oketo report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Oketo residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Oketo spend $650 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Oketo report their general condition of hearing on average at 100 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.

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