Health and Nutrition of Puckett, MS Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Puckett residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat two "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 Puckett 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). Nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Puckett residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Puckett residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 194 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Forty nine percent of people living here are obese. Fifty four percent have ever been obese. Fifty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty one percent of Puckett residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Puckett have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Puckett 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 Puckett 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. Six percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty eight percent of people living in Puckett use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Puckett residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Puckett have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 3.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on eight days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Puckett 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. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Twelve percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Puckett 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 43 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 women. People living here were on average 26 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. People in Puckett were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Puckett has vaginal or anal sex 51 times a year. Sixty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Puckett 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with nine men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty two percent of households in Puckett use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Four percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy five percent of Puckett 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. Thirty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty 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. Fifty four 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 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

Six percent of Puckett residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Fifty two 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. Ten percent of people living in Puckett have ever received a blood transfusion. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Sixteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. One percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Forty percent of births in Puckett were vaginal deliveries. Sixty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Puckett report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 76 percent of Puckett residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Sixteen percent of people living in Puckett are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Puckett spend $347 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Puckett spends $64 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $146 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $27 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Puckett report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Ninety five 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 five 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. Eight percent of people in Puckett had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Three percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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