Health and Nutrition of Pollock, LA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Pollock residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 two 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Pollock 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 think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Pollock residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 37 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Pollock residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 164 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Nineteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty two percent of Pollock residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty three percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Eighteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Pollock have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Pollock 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

Four percent of Pollock 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. Fifty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fourteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty six percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirteen percent of people living in Pollock have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty three percent of people in Pollock frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty three 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

Twenty nine percent of people living in Pollock use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Pollock residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Pollock have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 5.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 15 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety five percent of Pollock residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Pollock have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex. Fifteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Pollock 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 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. 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 seven women. People in Pollock 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. Eleven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Pollock has vaginal or anal sex 61 times a year. Thirty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Pollock 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Fifty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Thirteen percent of households in Pollock use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty nine percent of Pollock residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Pollock 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. Twenty 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. Twenty seven 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. Forty one 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 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty six percent are overweight. Eight percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Thirteen percent of people living in Pollock have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have another thyroid problem. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy percent of births in Pollock were vaginal deliveries. Thirty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.3 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighteen percent of women in Pollock have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventeen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Forty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Sixteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Pollock report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Pollock residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Pollock are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Pollock spend $351 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Pollock spends $61 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $165 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $11 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Pollock report their general condition of hearing on average at 77 percent. Seventy six 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. Eighty nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Pollock population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty percent of Pollock residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Nineteen percent of Pollock 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 two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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