Health and Nutrition of Moscow, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Seventy five percent of Moscow 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 four 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.

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Oral Health

The average Moscow 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). Moscow residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 25 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week.

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Weight

The average height of Moscow residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Fifty percent have ever been obese.

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Diabetes

Fifty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Moscow 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people in Moscow frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

Hundred percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Moscow residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Moscow have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 3.8 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Moscow 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. People in Moscow were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Moscow were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Moscow has vaginal or anal sex 78 times a year. Females in Moscow 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.

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Sleep Disorders

Moscow residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Hundred percent of Moscow residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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 0.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Moscow were vaginal deliveries. Fourteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Moscow spend $375 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 Moscow spends $43 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $205 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Moscow report their general condition of hearing on average at 70 percent. Fifty 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. Hundred 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

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

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Physical Functioning

Fifty percent of Moscow 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. Fifty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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