Health and Nutrition of Sheridan, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty percent of Sheridan residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Sheridan 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sheridan residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Sheridan residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 212 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Sixty percent of people living here are obese. Eighty percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty percent of people living in Sheridan have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Sheridan 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

Thirty three percent of Sheridan 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. Thirty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty percent of people living in Sheridan have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Sixty percent of people in Sheridan frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty three 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 five percent of people living in Sheridan use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Sheridan residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Sheridan have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.7 days per month on average. They have 12.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Sheridan residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Eighty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Sheridan were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Sheridan were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Sheridan has vaginal or anal sex 122 times a year. Seventy five percent have sex without using a condom. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

Sheridan 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 Sheridan residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixty percent of Sheridan 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. Eighty 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. Forty 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. Forty 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Sheridan report their general health condition on average at 65 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 40 percent of Sheridan residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Sheridan spend $420 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 Sheridan spends $107 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $79 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Sheridan report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Forty 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 percent of Sheridan population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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. Forty percent of people in Sheridan had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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