Health and Nutrition of Lancaster, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Lancaster residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 21 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. They get one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average Lancaster resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Lancaster residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 55 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lancaster residents 16 years and older is 60 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Sixty one percent of people living here are obese. Seventy three percent have ever been obese. Forty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Fourteen percent of people living in Lancaster have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Five percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lancaster 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

Four percent of Lancaster 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have ever had their tonsils removed.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty one percent of people living in Lancaster have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy eight percent of people in Lancaster frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty five 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 eight percent of Lancaster residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty six percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty four percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty six percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twelve 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

Lancaster residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty seven percent of people living in Lancaster have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirty one percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety percent of Lancaster residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fourteen percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Lancaster were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Lancaster were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty eight percent of Lancaster residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen 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. Twenty six 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 three 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Lancaster residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Ten percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty seven 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. Twenty nine percent of people living in Lancaster have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Sixty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem. Eleven percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy three percent of births in Lancaster were vaginal deliveries. Twenty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty five percent of women in Lancaster have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eighteen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty two 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 Lancaster report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Fifteen percent of people living in Lancaster are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lancaster spend $338 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Lancaster spends $61 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $69 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is two percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lancaster report their general condition of hearing on average at 71 percent. Seventy seven 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 three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty percent of Lancaster population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty seven 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

Thirty nine percent of Lancaster residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty seven percent of Lancaster 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. Thirty nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty one percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eighteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Twenty 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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