Health and Nutrition of Skedee, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Twenty four percent of Skedee residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 11 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 six 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 five 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 seven frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Skedee 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). Skedee residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Skedee residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 153 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25.

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Drug Use

Ninety one percent of Skedee residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Sixty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Skedee 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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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in Skedee are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Skedee use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Skedee residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Skedee have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 6.3 days per month on average. They have 4.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Skedee 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. Ninety one percent have ever had anal sex. People in Skedee were 15 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 Skedee were 17 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 Skedee has vaginal or anal sex 144 times a year. Forty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Skedee 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 17 men on average. They have had 17 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Skedee residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Forty one percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Ninety two percent of Skedee residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty 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. Twenty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nine 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 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 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 0.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty percent are overweight. Twenty percent of people living in Skedee have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy six percent of births in Skedee were vaginal deliveries. Twenty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Nine 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 Skedee report their general health condition on average at 45 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 70 percent of Skedee residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Skedee are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Skedee spend $285 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 14 percent of their income. The average family in Skedee spends $86 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $81 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $nine monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Skedee report their general condition of hearing on average at 74 percent. Eighty 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 percent of Skedee population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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