Health and Nutrition of Fox River, AK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty seven percent of Fox River 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 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. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Fox River resident last visited a dentist three 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. Thirty nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Fox River residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 34 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 30 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Fox River residents 16 years and older is 55 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Forty two percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Twenty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty eight percent of Fox River residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty nine percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Fox River residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero time at night (from time they go to bed at night until the time they get up in the morning).

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Dermatology

Fourteen percent of people living in Fox River use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Nineteen percent of Fox River residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seven 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. Five percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Ninety five percent of people living in Fox River have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 4.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Fox River 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. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Fox River were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. People in Fox River were 23 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Fox River has vaginal or anal sex 57 times a year. Forty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Twenty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty five percent of households in Fox River use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Three percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Fox River residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty four percent of Fox River 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 one 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty seven 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 three 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 four 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 0.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eighteen percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Current Health Status

People living in Fox River report their general health condition on average at 46 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 16 percent of Fox River residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Fox River are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Fox River spend $411 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Fox River spends $131 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $136 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Fox River report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety four 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. Nine percent of Fox River population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty five 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. Sixteen percent of people in Fox River had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Six percent of Fox River 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. Two percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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