Health and Nutrition of Longdale, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Longdale 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 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. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Longdale 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). Twenty six percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Longdale 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 three 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 Longdale residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty seven percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Forty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Longdale 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

Six percent of Longdale 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eight percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Nine percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Twenty four percent of people living in Longdale use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty percent of Longdale residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty seven 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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Prescription Medications

Longdale residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Longdale have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 5.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Longdale residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Longdale 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. Ninety five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty six percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Longdale were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 38 women. He has vaginal sex with 29 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Longdale were 19 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 Longdale has vaginal or anal sex 62 times a year. Thirty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Longdale 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty three percent of Longdale residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty 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. Sixty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifteen 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. Sixty 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 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 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

Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Four percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty percent are overweight. Twelve 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. Twenty nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have congestive heart failure. Eight percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Longdale were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Six percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Longdale report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Longdale residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Longdale spend $490 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. The average family in Longdale spends $127 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $125 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $27 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Longdale report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Eighty nine 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. Nine percent of Longdale population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty six 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. Sixteen percent of people in Longdale had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fourteen percent of Longdale residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Nine percent of Longdale 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. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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