Health and Nutrition of Lewistown Heights, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Lewistown Heights 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Lewistown Heights 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). Twenty five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Lewistown Heights residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 seven days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of seven days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lewistown Heights residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 156 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty five percent of people living here are obese. Twenty nine percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty two percent of Lewistown Heights residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Fifty two percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lewistown Heights 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

Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty four percent of people living in Lewistown Heights are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty two percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty five percent of people in Lewistown Heights frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty four percent of people living in Lewistown Heights use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty percent of people living in Lewistown Heights 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 3.0 days per month on average. They have 2.0 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Lewistown Heights residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in Lewistown Heights 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 two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Lewistown Heights 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 nine women. He has vaginal sex with seven women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.2 men on average. They have had 0.6 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Lewistown Heights were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. The average person in Lewistown Heights has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Forty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lewistown Heights 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Lewistown Heights residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fourteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty seven percent of Lewistown Heights residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Lewistown Heights 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. Forty eight 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 eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty four 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. Sixty 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 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 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Lewistown Heights residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Five percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirteen percent are overweight. Fourteen 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

Eighty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nine percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Forty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lewistown Heights report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Lewistown Heights residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Lewistown Heights are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lewistown Heights spend $399 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Lewistown Heights spends $125 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $126 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $24 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lewistown Heights report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. 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. Six percent of people in Lewistown Heights had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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