Health and Nutrition of Stidham, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty three percent of Stidham residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Stidham 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. Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Stidham residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Stidham residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 204 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Fifty one percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty nine percent of Stidham residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used heroin. Thirty four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Stidham have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Twenty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Stidham 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

Eleven percent of Stidham 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. Seventy two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Twenty three percent of people living in Stidham use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Stidham residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty percent of people living in Stidham have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nineteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.0 days per month on average. They have 11.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 31 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Stidham residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Stidham were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 26 women. He has vaginal sex with 25 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 13 women. People in Stidham were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Stidham has vaginal or anal sex 76 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Six percent of households in Stidham use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eleven percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy seven percent of Stidham residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty seven percent of Stidham 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. Sixty three 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. Thirty 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 seven 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have coronary heart disease. Eleven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had emphysema. Five percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Stidham report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Stidham residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Thirteen percent of people living in Stidham are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Stidham spend $319 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Stidham spends $63 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $113 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Stidham report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Seventy 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. Sixty two 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. Twenty eight percent of people in Stidham had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty six percent of Stidham 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 Stidham 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.

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