Health and Nutrition of Bakersfield, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Bakersfield 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 five 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 three 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Bakersfield 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). Bakersfield residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Bakersfield residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 154 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty percent of Bakersfield residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eighteen 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. Nine percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Bakersfield have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Bakersfield 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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Health Insurance

Fifty five percent of people living in Bakersfield are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Bakersfield use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Bakersfield residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eighteen 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. Fifteen 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Seventy three percent of people living in Bakersfield have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 6.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 22 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Bakersfield residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Bakersfield have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex. Nineteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Bakersfield 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in Bakersfield were 16 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Bakersfield has vaginal or anal sex 76 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Bakersfield 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.9 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty percent of Bakersfield residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Bakersfield 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. Forty two 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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. Forty three 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 two 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Bakersfield residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty seven percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Forty six percent of births in Bakersfield were vaginal deliveries. Fifty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Ten percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Bakersfield report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Bakersfield residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Bakersfield are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Bakersfield spend $426 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Bakersfield spends $84 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $172 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 15 percent of their income. They also spend $33 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Bakersfield report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety 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. Twenty one 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. Twenty four percent of people in Bakersfield had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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