Health and Nutrition of Tightwad, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty two percent of Tightwad residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 two 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "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 Tightwad resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Tightwad residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Tightwad residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 206 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Sixty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty eight percent have ever been obese. Fifty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Tightwad residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Tightwad 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

Seventeen percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Eighty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety two percent of people living in Tightwad are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty five percent of people living in Tightwad have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty five percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty three percent of people in Tightwad frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty eight 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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Mental Health

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

Tightwad residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty eight percent of people living in Tightwad have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 9.9 days per month on average. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 39 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Tightwad residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Tightwad have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Tightwad were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 20 women. People living here were on average 16 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.7 men on average. They have had 1.2 anal sex partners in their lifetime. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. The average person in Tightwad has vaginal or anal sex 27 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy five percent of Tightwad residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Tightwad 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 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. Seventeen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty eight 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 six 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

Seventeen percent of Tightwad residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty three percent are overweight. Seventeen percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Eight percent of people living in Tightwad have ever received a blood transfusion. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have ever been told they had gout. Eight percent have congestive heart failure. Eight percent have coronary heart disease. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eight percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Eight percent have another thyroid problem. Eight percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Seventeen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Tightwad report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 21 percent of Tightwad residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Tightwad spend $430 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Tightwad spends $88 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $100 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Tightwad report their general condition of hearing on average at 72 percent. Ninety two 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. Twelve percent of Tightwad population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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