Health and Nutrition of Laclede, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Laclede residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 two 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.

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Oral Health

The average Laclede 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). Sixteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Ten percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Laclede residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 four 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Laclede residents 16 years and older is 59 inches. The average weight is 159 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Sixty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty seven percent of Laclede residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Fifty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Laclede 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

Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty eight percent of people in Laclede frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty seven percent of people living in Laclede use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Laclede residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fourteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty three 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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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in Laclede 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 2.9 days per month on average. They have 4.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Laclede residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Laclede were 17 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. People in Laclede were 20 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. The average person in Laclede has vaginal or anal sex 70 times a year. Twenty two percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Laclede 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Laclede residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty eight percent of Laclede residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty three 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. Seventy three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fourteen 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. Seventy five 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Laclede residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fourteen percent are overweight. Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Forty eight percent of births in Laclede were vaginal deliveries. Fifty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.1 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Laclede report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Laclede residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Laclede are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Laclede spend $476 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. This is nine percent of their income. They spend $94 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Laclede report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Ninety one 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. Thirty 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. Ten percent of people in Laclede had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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