Health and Nutrition of Flaxville, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Flaxville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 30 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 two 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.

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Oral Health

The average Flaxville 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 percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Flaxville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 50 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 three 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 16 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Flaxville residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 193 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Sixty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Flaxville residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Twenty percent of Flaxville 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. Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Eighty percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in Flaxville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixty percent of people living in Flaxville 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. Eighty percent of people in Flaxville frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Mental Health

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

Flaxville residents on average take six prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Flaxville have at least one alcoholic drink per month.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Flaxville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Flaxville 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 25 women. People in Flaxville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.

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Sleep Disorders

Flaxville residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Forty percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty percent of Flaxville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 eight 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent of Flaxville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty percent are overweight. Twenty 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 percent of people living in Flaxville have ever received a blood transfusion. Forty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Twenty percent have another thyroid problem.

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Current Health Status

People living in Flaxville report their general health condition on average at 40 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Flaxville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Flaxville spend $541 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. They spend $57 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $15 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Flaxville report their general condition of hearing on average at 52 percent. Seventy 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. Seventy five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifty percent of Flaxville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Hundred 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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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Forty percent of Flaxville 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. Forty percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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