Health and Nutrition of Stella, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Stella residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 two 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Stella 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). Nineteen 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). Stella residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 64 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. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Stella residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Fifty two percent of people living here are obese. Sixty two percent have ever been obese. Twenty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy eight percent of Stella residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty three percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in Stella have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Stella 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

Fifty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty eight percent of people in Stella frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty three percent of people living in Stella use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Stella residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Stella 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 5.4 days per month on average. They have 6.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 24 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Stella 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty two percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Stella were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 26 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Stella were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Stella 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty seven percent of Stella residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Stella 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. Twenty 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. Sixty two 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. Sixty two 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nineteen percent of Stella residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty nine percent are overweight. Forty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty six percent of births in Stella were vaginal deliveries. Forty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Eleven percent of women in Stella have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Eleven percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Eleven percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Stella report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 27 percent of Stella residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Stella are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Stella spend $542 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 30 percent of their income. The average family in Stella spends $190 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $119 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Stella report their general condition of hearing on average at 91 percent. Hundred 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. Ten percent of Stella population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty two 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Ten percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Ten percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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