Thirty eight percent of Summit Station residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 five 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 four of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.
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The average Summit Station 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). Eighteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Forty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Summit Station residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 29 teeth.
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The average height of Summit Station residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 184 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty two percent of people living here are obese. Fifty six percent have ever been obese. Forty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.
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Seventy three percent of Summit Station residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nineteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.
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Twenty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.
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Summit Station 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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Fifty two percent of people living in Summit Station are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.
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Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home.
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Eighteen percent of people living in Summit Station use sunscreen.
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Ten percent of Summit Station residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one 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. Thirty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eighteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Six 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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Eighty six percent of people living in Summit Station have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.0 days per month on average. They have 4.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.
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Ninety six percent of Summit Station residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Summit Station have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Summit Station 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 14 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 four women. People in Summit Station were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Summit Station has vaginal or anal sex 86 times a year. Forty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.
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Twelve percent of households in Summit Station use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Eight percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.
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Summit Station residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Fourteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.
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Fifty three percent of Summit Station residents currently smoke cigarettes.
Fifty four percent of Summit Station 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. Fifty eight 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 six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty three 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 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 1.3 hours per day.
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Twenty three percent are overweight. Six percent of people living in Summit Station have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.
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People living in Summit Station report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Summit Station residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.
People in Summit Station spend $400 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Summit Station spends $123 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $197 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $42 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.
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People living in Summit Station report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 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. 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 two percent of people in Summit Station had off-work exposure to loud noise.
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Six percent of Summit Station 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. Eight 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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