Health and Nutrition of Maysville, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Maysville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Maysville 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Maysville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Maysville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 157 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Eight percent of people living in Maysville 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

Maysville 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

Fourteen percent of Maysville 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. Fifty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eleven percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty six percent of people living in Maysville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty nine percent of Maysville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty six percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty four 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 two percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirty two 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. Seven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Maysville residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy three percent of people living in Maysville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nineteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 5.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 15 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Maysville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy five percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. Seventeen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Maysville were 18 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. They have had 2.5 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Maysville 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 Maysville has vaginal or anal sex 58 times a year. Thirty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Maysville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty percent of Maysville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen 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 three 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 eight 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Maysville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Sixteen percent are overweight. Twenty five 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. Six percent of people living in Maysville have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty nine percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have ever been told they had gout. Three percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy seven percent of births in Maysville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Four percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty two percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Maysville report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 39 percent of Maysville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Maysville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Maysville spend $435 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 27 percent of their income. The average family in Maysville spends $118 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $163 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Maysville report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety four 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 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. Six percent of people in Maysville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Maysville 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. Ten percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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