Health and Nutrition of Lake Minchumina, AK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Lake Minchumina 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 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 one 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Lake Minchumina 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). Seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lake Minchumina residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 30 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 one days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 17 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lake Minchumina residents 16 years and older is 58 inches. The average weight is 161 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Twenty percent of people living here are obese. Twenty four percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Fifty one percent of Lake Minchumina residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty two percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Taste & Smell

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed.

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Health Insurance

Fifty nine percent of people living in Lake Minchumina are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people living in Lake Minchumina have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty percent of people in Lake Minchumina frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Fourteen percent of people living in Lake Minchumina use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twelve percent of Lake Minchumina residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twelve percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Eleven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Six 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Lake Minchumina residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Forty eight percent of people living in Lake Minchumina have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 5.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Lake Minchumina 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. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Lake Minchumina were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 12 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Lake Minchumina were 22 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Lake Minchumina has vaginal or anal sex 29 times a year. Twenty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lake Minchumina 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Twenty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Lake Minchumina residents 16 years and older usually get eight hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty three percent of Lake Minchumina residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Lake Minchumina 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. Fourteen 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 four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifteen 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. Seventeen 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 3.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Lake Minchumina were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lake Minchumina report their general health condition on average at 49 percent. Three percent of people living in Lake Minchumina are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lake Minchumina spend $407 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 34 percent of their income. The average family in Lake Minchumina spends $61 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $143 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lake Minchumina 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. Seventeen percent of Lake Minchumina population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty six 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. Eleven percent of people in Lake Minchumina had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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