Health and Nutrition of Dacoma, OK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty one percent of Dacoma residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 27 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 four 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Dacoma 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). Fourteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Dacoma 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 three 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 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Dacoma residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 174 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Sixty one percent of people living here are obese. Sixty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty one percent of Dacoma residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twelve percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Dacoma have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Dacoma residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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 Dacoma 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. Two percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Forty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twelve percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fourteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eight percent of people living in Dacoma have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty three percent of people in Dacoma frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty nine 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

Forty four percent of people living in Dacoma use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Nineteen percent of Dacoma residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventeen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty 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. Seventeen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eleven 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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Prescription Medications

Dacoma residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Dacoma 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 2.2 days per month on average. They have 3.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on nine days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Dacoma residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Dacoma have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety four percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty three percent have ever had anal sex. Five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Dacoma were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 63 women. He has vaginal sex with 59 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on six women. People in Dacoma were 21 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. Seven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Dacoma has vaginal or anal sex 54 times a year. Twenty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Dacoma 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six 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

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty seven percent of Dacoma residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Dacoma 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. Fifty five 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. Fifteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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. Thirty one 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

Six percent of Dacoma residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two 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. Sixty percent are overweight. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty nine percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty nine percent of births in Dacoma were vaginal deliveries. Thirty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Ten percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Dacoma report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Dacoma residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Dacoma are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Dacoma spend $385 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Dacoma spends $90 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $149 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Dacoma report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty percent of Dacoma population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty nine 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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Physical Functioning

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

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