Health and Nutrition of Alto Bonito, TX Residents

Forty three percent of Alto Bonito residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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.

Summary

Diet health (%)

  • Alto Bonito 43.3%
  • County 47.1%
  • State 48.0%

Milk product consumption (# of products/month)

  • Alto Bonito 14.9
  • County 18.8
  • Texas 20.0

Meals not home prepared (#/week)

  • Alto Bonito 2.9
  • County 3.5
  • State 3.7

Meals from fast food or pizza place (#/week)

  • Alto Bonito 2.5
  • County 1.7
  • State 1.9

Ready-to-eat foods (#/month)

  • Alto Bonito 1.2
  • Starr County 2.2
  • Texas 2.0

The biggest differences compared to state averages have been highlighted with a blue background.

The average Alto Bonito 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). Ten 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). Alto Bonito residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

Summary

Average years since last visit a dentist

  • Alto Bonito 1.0
  • County 1.8
  • State 1.9

People embarrassed because of mouth (%)

  • Here 10.0%
  • County 13.8%
  • State 16.1%

People with gum disease (%)

  • Here 13.3%
  • Starr County 18.6%
  • State 21.0%

General health of teeth and gums (%)

  • Alto Bonito 43.3%
  • Starr County 46.4%
  • Texas 46.4%

Average days a week using dental floss/device

  • Here 4.2
  • County 3.0
  • Texas 2.9

Average days a week using mouthwash for dental problem

  • Alto Bonito 5.0
  • County 3.4
  • State 3.0

Average number of teeth

  • Alto Bonito 26.1
  • Starr County 24.9
  • State 23.7

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The average height of Alto Bonito residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 170 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirteen percent of people living here are obese. Sixty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

Summary

Average height (inches)

  • Alto Bonito 65.8
  • County 61.8
  • State 66.2

Average weight (pounds)

  • Alto Bonito 170.2
  • Starr County 167.2
  • State 177.4

Average BMI

  • Here 27.0
  • County 28.4
  • Texas 28.5

People that are obese (%)

  • Here 13.3%
  • Starr County 38.4%
  • Texas 37.2%

People trying to lose weight (%)

  • Alto Bonito 60.0%
  • County 37.0%
  • State 36.0%

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Seventy percent of Alto Bonito residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

Summary

People that ever used marijuana or hashish (%)

  • Alto Bonito 70.0%
  • Starr County 47.8%
  • State 61.8%

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

Summary

Had a blood test for high blood sugar (%)

  • Alto Bonito 60.0%
  • Starr County 47.8%
  • State 46.4%

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Alto Bonito 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).

Summary

Avg. # of times urinating at night

  • Here 0.7
  • County 1.1
  • State 1.1

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Four percent of Alto Bonito 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 two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

Summary

People 40+ having problems with smell (%)

  • Here 4.3%
  • County 10.2%
  • Texas 11.2%

People 40+ having problems with taste (%)

  • Alto Bonito 1.8%
  • Starr County 4.3%
  • State 5.0%

People 40+ that ever had wisdom teeth removed (%)

  • Here 71.8%
  • County 61.3%
  • State 65.0%

People 40+ that ever had a loss of consciousness because of a head injury (%)

  • Here 6.6%
  • County 12.2%
  • Texas 14.8%

People 40+ that ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull (%)

  • Here 28.3%
  • Starr County 13.2%
  • Texas 19.8%

People 40+ that ever had two or more sinus infections (%)

  • Alto Bonito 37.6%
  • County 21.3%
  • State 36.0%

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

Summary

People covered by health insurance (%)

  • Here 60.0%
  • County 64.1%
  • Texas 72.1%

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Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirteen percent of people in Alto Bonito frequently check their blood cholesterol.

Summary

Checking blood pressure at home (%)

  • Here 13.3%
  • Starr County 16.9%
  • Texas 21.7%

Frequently checking blood cholesterol (%)

  • Alto Bonito 13.3%
  • Starr County 36.2%
  • Texas 39.0%

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Fifty eight percent of people living in Alto Bonito use sunscreen.

Summary

People using sunscreen (%)

  • Here 58.3%
  • County 34.5%
  • State 33.4%

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Seventy three percent of Alto Bonito residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Seventy three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Seventy three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventy three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating.

Summary

People who have little interest in doing things (%)

  • Here 73.3%
  • County 27.1%
  • State 26.8%

People feeling down, depressed, or hopeless (%)

  • Alto Bonito 73.3%
  • County 29.0%
  • Texas 27.6%

People who have trouble sleeping or sleeping too much (%)

  • Here 73.3%
  • County 37.4%
  • State 41.2%

People feeling tired or having little energy (%)

  • Here 86.7%
  • County 49.6%
  • Texas 51.3%

People with poor appetite or overeating (%)

  • Here 73.3%
  • Starr County 26.5%
  • State 28.6%

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Hundred percent of people living in Alto Bonito have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.5 days per month on average. They have 14.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 32 days a year.

Summary

People drinking some alcohol every month (%)

  • Here 100.0%
  • Starr County 75.5%
  • Texas 79.9%

Average days/month drinking alcohol

  • Alto Bonito 5.5
  • Starr County 3.5
  • Texas 4.6

Average drinks/week

  • Here 14.5
  • County 4.0
  • Texas 5.4

Average days/year people drink much

  • Here 32.3
  • County 13.9
  • State 21.6

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Hundred percent of Alto Bonito 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 have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Alto Bonito were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 69 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Alto Bonito were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Alto Bonito has vaginal or anal sex 68 times a year. Forty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Alto Bonito 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 20 men on average. They have had 20 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Hundred percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

Summary

People 18+ that ever had sex (vaginal, anal, or oral) (%)

  • Alto Bonito 100.0%
  • Starr County 96.4%
  • State 97.5%

Males 18+ that ever had vaginal sex with a woman (%)

  • Alto Bonito 100.0%
  • County 92.0%
  • Texas 93.4%

Males 18+ that ever performed oral sex on a woman (%)

  • Alto Bonito 100.0%
  • County 79.9%
  • Texas 85.2%

Males 18+ that ever had anal sex with a woman (%)

  • Alto Bonito 100.0%
  • County 47.9%
  • Texas 49.5%

Females 18+ that ever had vaginal sex with a man (%)

  • Here 100.0%
  • County 94.0%
  • Texas 97.0%

Females 18+ that ever performed oral sex on a man (%)

  • Here 100.0%
  • County 76.3%
  • State 83.7%

Females 18+ that ever had anal sex with a man (%)

  • Here 50.0%
  • County 37.2%
  • State 39.9%

Average age people first had sex

  • Alto Bonito 14.9
  • County 17.2
  • State 16.8

Average number of female sex partners in lifetime (males 18+)

  • Alto Bonito 68.5
  • County 21.1
  • Texas 26.6

Average age people first performed oral sex on a woman (18+)

  • Alto Bonito 22.3
  • County 21.1
  • Texas 21.2

Average age people first performed oral sex on a man (18+)

  • Alto Bonito 17.0
  • Starr County 20.7
  • Texas 19.9

Average number of times people have vaginal or anal sex a year

  • Alto Bonito 68.3
  • Starr County 57.7
  • Texas 62.9

People having sex without condom (%)

  • Here 47.5%
  • County 38.8%
  • State 50.7%

Average number of male sex partners in lifetime (females 18+)

  • Alto Bonito 20.0
  • County 5.8
  • Texas 10.0

Average number of male vaginal sex partners in lifetime (females 18+)

  • Alto Bonito 20.0
  • County 5.1
  • Texas 8.9

Average number of female sex partners in lifetime (females 18+)

  • Alto Bonito 1.5
  • County 0.6
  • State 0.6

Circumcised males 18+ (%)

  • Here 100.0%
  • County 43.8%
  • Texas 70.3%

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Alto Bonito residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

Summary

Average hours sleeping at night

  • Alto Bonito 6.3
  • County 6.8
  • State 6.8

Fifty percent of Alto Bonito residents currently smoke cigarettes.

Summary

People smoking cigarettes (%)

  • Here 50.0%
  • Starr County 37.4%
  • Texas 49.8%

Thirteen percent of Alto Bonito 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. Thirteen 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. Seventy 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. People living here spend seven 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 1.4 hours per day.

Summary

People doing vigorous-intensity work activities (%)

  • Alto Bonito 13.3%
  • Starr County 16.3%
  • Texas 20.3%

People doing moderate-intensity work activities (%)

  • Alto Bonito 13.3%
  • Starr County 28.0%
  • State 35.2%

People walking or bicycling (%)

  • Alto Bonito 73.3%
  • County 35.5%
  • Texas 32.3%

People doing vigorous-intensity recreational activities (%)

  • Alto Bonito 13.3%
  • County 20.4%
  • Texas 21.8%

Average hours a day doing sedentary activities

  • Here 7.4
  • County 5.3
  • State 5.9

Average hours a day watching TV or videos

  • Here 2.3
  • Starr County 2.3
  • State 2.6

Average hours a day using computer

  • Here 1.4
  • County 1.2
  • State 1.3

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Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifteen percent have another thyroid problem.

Summary

People having trouble seeing even with glass/contacts (%)

  • Alto Bonito 13.3%
  • Starr County 21.6%
  • State 20.0%

People with thyroid problem (%)

  • Here 15.0%
  • Starr County 5.9%
  • Texas 6.4%

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Eighty nine percent of births in Alto Bonito were vaginal deliveries. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

Summary

Vaginal deliveries (%)

  • Alto Bonito 88.5%
  • Starr County 58.0%
  • Texas 62.8%

Deliveries resulted in a live birth (%)

  • Here 99.8%
  • County 98.4%
  • Texas 99.2%

Pregnancies resulted in a delivery (%)

  • Alto Bonito 59.8%
  • Starr County 62.5%
  • State 59.4%

Women that have ever taken birth control pills (%)

  • Alto Bonito 50.0%
  • County 66.6%
  • Texas 71.7%

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People living in Alto Bonito report their general health condition on average at 42 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 57 percent of Alto Bonito residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

Summary

General health condition (%)

  • Here 41.7%
  • County 52.6%
  • Texas 55.5%

Has blood ever tested for HIV virus (%)

  • Here 56.7%
  • County 37.5%
  • State 41.2%

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People in Alto Bonito spend $208 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Alto Bonito spends $133 on food at other stores monthly. This is 12 percent of their income. They spend $109 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income.

Summary

Money monthly spent on food at supermarket/grocery store

  • Here $208
  • County $420
  • Texas $370

Income spent on food at supermarket/grocery store (%)

  • Here 18.8%
  • Starr County 25.0%
  • State 23.7%

Money monthly spent on food at other stores

  • Here $133
  • County $99
  • State $82

Income spent on food at other stores (%)

  • Here 12.3%
  • Starr County 5.6%
  • Texas 4.5%

Money monthly spent on eating out

  • Alto Bonito $109
  • County $155
  • State $146

Income spent on eating out (%)

  • Here 10.1%
  • Starr County 9.1%
  • State 7.7%

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People living in Alto Bonito report their general condition of hearing on average at 92 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. Twenty 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.

Summary

Average condition of hearing (%)

  • Alto Bonito 92.0%
  • County 81.1%
  • Texas 80.4%

People that can hear a whisper from across a quiet room (%)

  • Here 100.0%
  • Starr County 87.7%
  • Texas 81.7%

People that can hear normal voice from across a quiet room (%)

  • Alto Bonito 100.0%
  • County 95.3%
  • State 95.5%

Had a job exposure to loud noise (%)

  • Here 20.0%
  • County 33.2%
  • State 39.9%

The biggest differences compared to state averages have been highlighted with a blue background.

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