Health and Nutrition of Wilbur Park, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Wilbur Park 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 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. People here eat four "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 Wilbur Park 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Wilbur Park residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wilbur Park residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 177 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty eight percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty nine percent of Wilbur Park residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nineteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eighteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Wilbur Park have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty 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

Wilbur Park 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

Nine percent of Wilbur Park 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 six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eleven percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Wilbur Park are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people living in Wilbur Park have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty nine percent of people in Wilbur Park frequently check their blood cholesterol. Ten 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 three percent of people living in Wilbur Park use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Wilbur Park residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty two percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eighteen 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Wilbur Park residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Wilbur Park have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.3 days per month on average. They have 6.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 28 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Wilbur Park residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety one percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Wilbur Park have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex. Four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Wilbur Park were 16 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 20 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.1 men on average. They have had 2.8 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Wilbur Park were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Twenty two percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Wilbur Park has vaginal or anal sex 60 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Wilbur Park 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twelve percent of households in Wilbur Park use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty three percent of Wilbur Park residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Wilbur Park 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 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty five 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. Thirty seven 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Ten percent of Wilbur Park residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty two percent are overweight. Fifteen 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. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Three percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty five percent of births in Wilbur Park were vaginal deliveries. Forty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Wilbur Park report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 48 percent of Wilbur Park residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Wilbur Park are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wilbur Park spend $354 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Wilbur Park spends $106 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $143 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $35 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wilbur Park report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty four 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty nine 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. Thirteen percent of people in Wilbur Park had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Sixteen percent of Wilbur Park 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. Nineteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eight percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Six 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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