Health and Nutrition of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Anaktuvuk Pass 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 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Anaktuvuk Pass 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). Twenty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eighteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Anaktuvuk Pass residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 42 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Anaktuvuk Pass residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 176 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Fifty two percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy two percent of Anaktuvuk Pass residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty two percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Twenty five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Ten percent of people living in Anaktuvuk Pass have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. One percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Anaktuvuk Pass 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

Eight percent of Anaktuvuk Pass 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Ten 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. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty nine percent of people living in Anaktuvuk Pass are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Anaktuvuk Pass residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety percent of people living in Anaktuvuk Pass have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 8.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 31 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Anaktuvuk Pass residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Anaktuvuk Pass have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty seven percent have ever had anal sex. Sixteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Anaktuvuk Pass 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 35 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on six women. People in Anaktuvuk Pass were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on one men in their lifetime. Twenty two percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Anaktuvuk Pass has vaginal or anal sex 72 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Anaktuvuk Pass 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twelve percent of households in Anaktuvuk Pass use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Seven percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Anaktuvuk Pass residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty one percent of Anaktuvuk Pass 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 three 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty one 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Seven percent of Anaktuvuk Pass 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". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty three percent are overweight. Fifteen 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. Seven percent of people living in Anaktuvuk Pass have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Sixteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Three percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. One percent have ever had emphysema. Four percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Two percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy one percent of births in Anaktuvuk Pass were vaginal deliveries. Twenty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Four percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Anaktuvuk Pass report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 37 percent of Anaktuvuk Pass residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Anaktuvuk Pass are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Anaktuvuk Pass spend $394 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 Anaktuvuk Pass spends $105 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $111 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 Anaktuvuk Pass report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 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 four percent of Anaktuvuk Pass population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty six 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. Fifteen percent of people in Anaktuvuk Pass had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty eight percent of Anaktuvuk Pass 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 Anaktuvuk Pass 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 two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eleven 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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