Health and Nutrition of Poston, AZ Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty one percent of Poston 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 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 10 frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Poston 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). Twenty three 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). Poston residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 two 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 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Poston residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 178 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty one percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy three percent of Poston residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Thirty two percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Poston have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

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

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Forty three percent of Poston residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Sixty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty seven percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirty nine percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Thirty nine 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. Twelve percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Poston residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty six percent of people living in Poston have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.4 days per month on average. They have 8.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Poston residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five 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. Five percent of males in Poston have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty nine percent have ever had anal sex. People in Poston were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 39 women. He has vaginal sex with 30 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 Poston were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Poston has vaginal or anal sex 90 times a year. Thirty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Poston 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 14 men on average. They have had 14 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Poston residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty five percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty nine percent of Poston residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Poston 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 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. Thirty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Poston residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seven percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty percent are overweight. Twenty four 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. Twelve percent of people living in Poston have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Two percent have ever had emphysema. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy nine percent of births in Poston were vaginal deliveries. Twenty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Poston have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Six percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Six percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Poston report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Poston residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Poston are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Poston spend $315 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Poston spends $74 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $114 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $29 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Poston report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty 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 four percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty seven percent of Poston population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty seven 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. Fourteen percent of people in Poston had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fourteen percent of Poston 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. Three percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Nineteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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