Health and Nutrition of Stites, ID Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Stites residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 one 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 Stites 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Stites residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Stites residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 185 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Twenty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty two percent have ever been obese. Forty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty eight percent of Stites residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Fourteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty three percent of people living in Stites have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Stites 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

Seven percent of Stites 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 three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty two percent of people living in Stites 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 living in Stites have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty five percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty five percent of people in Stites frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty 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 three percent of people living in Stites use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twelve percent of Stites residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eleven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty eight percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twelve percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Stites residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty one percent of people living in Stites have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 13.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 70 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Stites residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Seventy nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex. People in Stites were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. 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 12 women. People in Stites were 17 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. Eight percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Stites has vaginal or anal sex 45 times a year. Females in Stites 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Fifteen percent of households in Stites use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eleven percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty nine percent of Stites residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty seven percent of Stites 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 one 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. Twenty five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty eight 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 two 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 2.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Stites 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". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty percent are overweight. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty seven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty five percent of births in Stites were vaginal deliveries. Fifteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Stites have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Forty two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seventeen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Eight 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 Stites report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Twelve percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 43 percent of Stites residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Stites spend $310 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 44 percent of their income. The average family in Stites spends $36 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $98 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 10 percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Stites report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Ninety four 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. Twenty four percent of Stites population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty three 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. Thirty percent of people in Stites had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Eight percent of Stites 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. Nine 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. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Four 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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