Health and Nutrition of Jacksonport, AR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Jacksonport residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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. 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 Jacksonport resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Twenty two 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). Jacksonport residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Jacksonport residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 191 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty two percent of people living here are obese. Sixty two percent have ever been obese. Forty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Jacksonport residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty four percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Fourteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Jacksonport 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 have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Thirty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty seven percent of people living in Jacksonport have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty nine percent of people in Jacksonport frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifteen 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

Thirteen percent of people living in Jacksonport use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Jacksonport residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty percent of people living in Jacksonport have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven 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 5.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 25 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Jacksonport 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. Sixty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Jacksonport have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fourteen percent have ever had anal sex. Five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Jacksonport 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 24 women. He has vaginal sex with 23 women. 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 two women. People in Jacksonport were 19 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 Jacksonport has vaginal or anal sex 53 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Jacksonport 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Fifty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty five percent of Jacksonport residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Jacksonport 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 nine 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. Fifty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eighteen 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 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Jacksonport residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Forty percent are overweight. Fourteen percent of people living in Jacksonport have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nineteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. Five percent have congestive heart failure. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Five percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Four percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Jacksonport were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 95.1 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifteen percent of women in Jacksonport have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Ninety percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Jacksonport report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Jacksonport residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Jacksonport are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Jacksonport spend $432 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Jacksonport spends $145 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $101 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $26 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Jacksonport report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Eighty seven 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 nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirteen percent of Jacksonport population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty eight 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. Fifteen percent of people in Jacksonport had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty four percent of Jacksonport 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 four percent of Jacksonport 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 five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Sixteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eight percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Twelve 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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