Health and Nutrition of Dudley, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty seven percent of Dudley 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Dudley 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). Forty five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Dudley residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 34 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 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Dudley residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty three percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Nineteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Ten percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Forty nine 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

Dudley 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

Five percent of Dudley 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirty four percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Sixty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy four percent of people living in Dudley are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty eight percent of people in Dudley frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty eight 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

Sixteen percent of people living in Dudley use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixty two percent of Dudley residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Fifty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifty eight percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fifty seven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Prescription Medications

Dudley residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety seven percent of people living in Dudley have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 3.7 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Dudley residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety four 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 Dudley 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Dudley were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 14 women. People in Dudley were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Dudley has vaginal or anal sex 68 times a year. Females in Dudley 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. Thirty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eight percent of households in Dudley use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty eight percent of Dudley residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Dudley 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. Twenty five 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. Nineteen 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 nine 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 0.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Twenty five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty six percent of births in Dudley 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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Current Health Status

People living in Dudley report their general health condition on average at 28 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 19 percent of Dudley residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Dudley spend $412 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Dudley spends $92 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $213 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Dudley report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Sixty six 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 six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifty five percent of Dudley population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Eighty four 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

Thirty one percent of Dudley 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 eight percent of Dudley 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 nine percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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