Health and Nutrition of Nikolaevsk, AK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty eight percent of Nikolaevsk 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 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. They also eat one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Nikolaevsk resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Nikolaevsk residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Nikolaevsk residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 204 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 33. Sixty five percent of people living here are obese. Seventy one percent have ever been obese. Sixty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty seven percent of Nikolaevsk residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Eighteen percent of people living in Nikolaevsk have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Twenty three 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

Nikolaevsk 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

Ten percent of Nikolaevsk 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. Forty six percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eighteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty nine percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Nineteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty one percent of people living in Nikolaevsk are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty one percent of people living in Nikolaevsk have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty three percent of people in Nikolaevsk frequently check their blood cholesterol. Six 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

Fifty six percent of people living in Nikolaevsk use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Nikolaevsk residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eleven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Nineteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty five percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Five 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

Nikolaevsk residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty eight percent of people living in Nikolaevsk have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 2.1 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Nikolaevsk residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Five percent of males in Nikolaevsk have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. People in Nikolaevsk were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Nikolaevsk were 20 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. The average person in Nikolaevsk has vaginal or anal sex 93 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Nikolaevsk 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had 11 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty six percent of Nikolaevsk residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent of Nikolaevsk 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. Sixty five 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 nine 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. Fifty 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty nine percent are overweight. Thirty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Nikolaevsk were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety percent of women breastfeed their children. Ninety six percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Forty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Forty two 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 Nikolaevsk report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 48 percent of Nikolaevsk residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Nikolaevsk spend $553 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Nikolaevsk spends $93 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $119 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $13 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Nikolaevsk report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty seven percent of Nikolaevsk population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty one 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

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

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