Health and Nutrition of La Barge, WY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of La Barge 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "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 La Barge 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). La Barge residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of La Barge residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 204 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Forty five percent of people living here are obese. Seventy two percent have ever been obese. Fifty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of La Barge residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty two percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty two percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Four percent have ever used heroin. Twenty nine percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in La Barge have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty 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

La Barge 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

Eleven percent of La Barge 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Thirty seven percent of people living in La Barge are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fourteen percent of people living in La Barge have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty four percent of people in La Barge frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty six 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 seven percent of people living in La Barge use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twelve percent of La Barge residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Ten percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Eighteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Fourteen 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. 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. One percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

La Barge residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy five percent of people living in La Barge have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 12.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 61 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of La Barge 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. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in La Barge have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. People in La Barge were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on 17 women. People in La Barge were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Three percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in La Barge has vaginal or anal sex 71 times a year. Forty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in La Barge 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. Sixty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty nine percent of La Barge residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty six percent of La Barge 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. Fifty 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. Twenty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty three 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 six 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of La Barge residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty two percent are overweight. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty one percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Ten percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy eight percent of births in La Barge were vaginal deliveries. Twenty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty five percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty one percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nine percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty nine percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in La Barge report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 48 percent of La Barge residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eleven percent of people living in La Barge are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in La Barge spend $354 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in La Barge spends $87 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $106 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four 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 La Barge report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen percent of La Barge population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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. Twenty nine percent of people in La Barge had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty four percent of La Barge residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Eleven percent of La Barge 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. Twenty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Three 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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