Health and Nutrition of Deming, WA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Deming 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 five 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. People here eat two "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 Deming 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). Deming residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Deming residents 16 years and older is 58 inches. The average weight is 161 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Deming residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Sixteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Deming 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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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people in Deming frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty six percent of people living in Deming use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Eighty two percent of people living in Deming have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.3 days per month on average. They have 2.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety three percent of Deming residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Deming have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Eighty two percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex. Five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Deming were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 18 women. He has vaginal sex with 15 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 5.5 men on average. People in Deming were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. The average person in Deming has vaginal or anal sex 89 times a year. Fifty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Deming 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. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Deming residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty two percent of Deming residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Deming 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. Thirty three 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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. Forty 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Deming residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Eighteen percent are overweight. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty percent of births in Deming were vaginal deliveries. Forty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Deming report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 39 percent of Deming residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Deming are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Deming spend $395 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Deming spends $74 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $193 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $31 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Deming report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety three 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. Seven percent of Deming population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Six percent of people in Deming had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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