Health and Nutrition of Lance Creek, WY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Lance Creek residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 23 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Lance Creek 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). Lance Creek residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 44 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lance Creek residents 16 years and older is 52 inches. The average weight is 148 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty six percent of people living here are obese. Forty seven percent have ever been obese. Thirty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty five percent of Lance Creek residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Fifty 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

Lance Creek 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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Health Insurance

Forty one percent of people living in Lance Creek are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty three percent of people in Lance Creek frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Lance Creek use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Seventy three percent of people living in Lance Creek have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.1 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty eight percent of Lance Creek residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex. People in Lance Creek were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Lance Creek were 21 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. The average person in Lance Creek has vaginal or anal sex 107 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lance Creek 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Lance Creek residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Lance Creek 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. Forty four percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Twenty three percent are overweight. Nineteen 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

Sixty five percent of births in Lance Creek were vaginal deliveries. Thirty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty nine percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lance Creek report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 41 percent of Lance Creek residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Lance Creek are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lance Creek spend $419 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 Lance Creek spends $69 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $158 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lance Creek report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety five 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 six percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seven percent of Lance Creek population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Eighteen 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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Physical Functioning

Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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