Health and Nutrition of Maryhill, WA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Maryhill residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 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 Maryhill 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. Twenty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Maryhill residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Maryhill residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Forty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty one percent of Maryhill residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eighteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Five 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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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Maryhill 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

Ten percent of Maryhill 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. Forty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Sixteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty five percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nineteen percent of people in Maryhill frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty nine percent of people living in Maryhill use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Eighty seven percent of people living in Maryhill 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 3.8 days per month on average. They have 3.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Maryhill residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Maryhill 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 three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Maryhill 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 18 women. He has vaginal sex with 17 women. 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 four women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.7 men on average. They have had 1.9 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Maryhill were 19 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. Twelve percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Maryhill has vaginal or anal sex 83 times a year. Fifty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Maryhill 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. Forty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty six percent of Maryhill residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Maryhill 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 five 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty five 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 nine 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 six 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Maryhill residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". One percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty five percent are overweight. Ten percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Twenty seven percent of births in Maryhill were vaginal deliveries. Seventy three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Ten percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in Maryhill report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Eleven percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 42 percent of Maryhill residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Maryhill are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Maryhill spend $363 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Maryhill spends $114 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $209 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $37 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Maryhill report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety two 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. Thirty nine 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. Fifteen percent of people in Maryhill had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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