Health and Nutrition of Fairfield, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Fairfield residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 seven frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Fairfield 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). Forty percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twelve percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Fairfield residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Fairfield residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 171 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty two percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty seven percent of Fairfield residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty three 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. Twenty seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Fairfield 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

Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 two 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 lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy three percent of people living in Fairfield 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 Fairfield have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty nine percent of people in Fairfield 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

Thirty percent of people living in Fairfield use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Fairfield residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Fairfield have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Ten percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.2 days per month on average. They have 8.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 30 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Fairfield residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in Fairfield have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety seven percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty four percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Fairfield 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 61 women. He has vaginal sex with 53 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 eight women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.4 men on average. People in Fairfield 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 Fairfield has vaginal or anal sex 65 times a year. Thirty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Fairfield 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had 10 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.2 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty five percent of Fairfield residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Fairfield 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 six 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 four 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 four 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

Four percent of Fairfield residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty seven percent are overweight. Ten percent of people living in Fairfield have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty seven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty six percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Nine percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Eight percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy four percent of births in Fairfield were vaginal deliveries. Twenty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.4 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty percent of women breastfeed their children. Fourteen percent of women in Fairfield have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twelve percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Fairfield report their general health condition on average at 43 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 46 percent of Fairfield residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Fairfield are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Fairfield spend $358 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Fairfield spends $97 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $174 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $60 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Fairfield report their general condition of hearing on average at 78 percent. Seventy 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 two percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty two percent of Fairfield population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. 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. Thirteen percent of people in Fairfield had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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