Health and Nutrition of Montrose, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty three percent of Montrose 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 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.

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Oral Health

The average Montrose 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 eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Montrose residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 six days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Montrose residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 179 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Thirty eight percent have ever been obese. Hundred percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Twenty five percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty five percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Montrose 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 percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Sixty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty three percent of people living in Montrose are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people living in Montrose have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Sixty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy five percent of people in Montrose frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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 eight percent of people living in Montrose use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Montrose residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventy five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

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Prescription Medications

Montrose residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty eight percent of people living in Montrose have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Montrose 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. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Montrose were 17 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. People in Montrose were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Montrose has vaginal or anal sex 22 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Montrose 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty five percent of Montrose residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Montrose 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. Eighty eight 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen 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. Eighty 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 five 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 three 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Montrose report their general health condition on average at 59 percent.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Montrose spend $353 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 10 percent of their income. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $58 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Montrose report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Seventy five 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 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. Thirteen percent of people in Montrose had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirteen percent of Montrose 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 eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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