Health and Nutrition of Cape Meares, OR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty seven percent of Cape Meares 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. They get one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average Cape Meares resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Cape Meares residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 65 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Cape Meares residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 184 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 34. Seventy two percent of people living here are obese. Seventy nine percent have ever been obese. Fifty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Seven percent of people living in Cape Meares have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Cape Meares 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

Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Eighty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety one percent of people living in Cape Meares are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty six percent of people living in Cape Meares 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 take their blood pressure at home. Eighty two percent of people in Cape Meares frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty four 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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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Cape Meares residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty six percent of people living in Cape Meares have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty two percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 1.8 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Cape Meares residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Cape Meares were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Cape Meares 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. Females in Cape Meares 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty one percent of households in Cape Meares use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Six percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Cape Meares residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty three percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty two percent of Cape Meares residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Seven 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. Nineteen 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 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 2.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seventeen percent of Cape Meares residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Nine percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty eight percent are overweight. Nine 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. Thirty three percent of people living in Cape Meares have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Sixty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Seventeen percent have another thyroid problem. Nine percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Twenty one percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Forty eight percent of births in Cape Meares were vaginal deliveries. Fifty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Eighty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty two percent of women in Cape Meares have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Thirteen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Eighty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fifty three 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 Cape Meares report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Twenty four percent of people living in Cape Meares are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cape Meares spend $340 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 Cape Meares spends $78 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $51 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $12 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Cape Meares report their general condition of hearing on average at 74 percent. Eighty nine 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen percent of Cape Meares population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty 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

Forty four percent of Cape Meares 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 Cape Meares 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. Forty four percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eighteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Nine percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Thirteen 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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