Health and Nutrition of Gardena, ND Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty percent of Gardena residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 seven 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 four 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Gardena 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). Gardena residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Gardena residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 154 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Fifty six percent of people living here are obese. Sixty percent have ever been obese. Sixty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in Gardena have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Gardena 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

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Fifty percent of people living in Gardena use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifty percent of Gardena residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Sixty three 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. Twenty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty five 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

Sixty three percent of people living in Gardena have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 13.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 35 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Gardena residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Gardena were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 15 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Gardena were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Gardena has vaginal or anal sex 84 times a year. Sixty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Gardena 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty seven percent of Gardena residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent of Gardena 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. Sixty 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. Thirty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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. Fifty 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 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 2.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Gardena residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty percent are overweight. Thirty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Gardena were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy five percent of women breastfeed their children. Hundred percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty eight percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Gardena report their general health condition on average at 38 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 63 percent of Gardena residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Gardena spend $462 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 30 percent of their income. The average family in Gardena spends $121 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $184 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $45 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Gardena report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Ninety 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. Ten percent of people in Gardena had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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