Health and Nutrition of Temelec, CA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Sixty four percent of Temelec 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 three 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Temelec 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). Seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sixteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Temelec residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 59 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 four days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Temelec residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 169 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty two percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Temelec residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twelve percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Sixteen percent of people living in Temelec have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Three percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Temelec 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

Eleven percent of Temelec 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. Six percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fourteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Ninety five percent of people living in Temelec are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty seven percent of people living in Temelec have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy four percent of people in Temelec frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty nine 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

Forty eight percent of people living in Temelec use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Temelec residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Temelec 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 7.0 days per month on average. They have 4.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 10 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Temelec residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ten percent of males in Temelec have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty three percent have ever had anal sex. People in Temelec were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 32 women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 26 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 5.3 men on average. They have had 1.4 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Temelec were 20 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. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Twenty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Temelec 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eleven percent of households in Temelec 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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighteen percent of Temelec residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twelve percent of Temelec 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 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fourteen 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 three 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 seven 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Temelec residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Four percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty nine percent are overweight. Sixteen 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. Twenty three percent of people living in Temelec have ever received a blood transfusion. Eighteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eight percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have congestive heart failure. Five percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Nine percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Seven percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had emphysema. Sixteen percent have another thyroid problem. Five percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Temelec were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty percent of women in Temelec have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty five percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Temelec report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 23 percent of Temelec residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Temelec are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Temelec spend $336 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Temelec spends $69 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $165 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Temelec report their general condition of hearing on average at 72 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty three percent of Temelec population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty seven 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. Nine percent of people in Temelec had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty four percent of Temelec residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Eighteen percent of Temelec 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 eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Sixteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Ten percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Seventeen 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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