Health and Nutrition of Qulin, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Qulin residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal seven 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 eight 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 one "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 Qulin 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). Thirty one percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Qulin 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. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Qulin residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 176 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Eighty six percent have ever been obese. Sixteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy six percent of Qulin residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Qulin residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate three 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

Fifty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty five percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Forty eight percent of people living in Qulin are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty three percent of people in Qulin frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seventeen 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

Twelve percent of people living in Qulin use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty seven percent of Qulin residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty two percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty eight percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Qulin residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Qulin have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.7 days per month on average. They have 2.8 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Qulin 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eighty three percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty nine percent have ever had anal sex. Six percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Qulin were 12 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 46 women. People living here were on average 14 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Qulin were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Qulin has vaginal or anal sex 35 times a year. Twenty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Qulin 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Qulin residents 16 years and older usually get five hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fifty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixteen 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 one 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

Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty four percent are overweight. Fifty 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. Thirty three percent of people living in Qulin have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty seven percent of births in Qulin were vaginal deliveries. Forty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Qulin report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 14 percent of Qulin residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Qulin spend $254 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Qulin spends $78 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $103 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Qulin report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 percent. Sixty 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. Sixty six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty five percent of Qulin population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Thirty four percent of people in Qulin had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirty four percent of Qulin 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. Thirty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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