Health and Nutrition of Waldoboro, ME Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty percent of Waldoboro residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 20 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 two "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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Oral Health

The average Waldoboro 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Waldoboro residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Waldoboro residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 191 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Thirty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Eighty two percent of Waldoboro residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty three percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Waldoboro residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate zero 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

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty nine percent of people living in Waldoboro are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty one percent of people in Waldoboro frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty three percent of people living in Waldoboro use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Fifteen percent of Waldoboro residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty two percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty nine 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.

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Alcohol use

Ninety six percent of people living in Waldoboro have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.3 days per month on average. They have 11.6 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 Waldoboro 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. Seventy percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Waldoboro 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 31 women. He has vaginal sex with 30 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Waldoboro were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Waldoboro has vaginal or anal sex 65 times a year. Seventy percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Six percent of households in Waldoboro use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty two percent of Waldoboro residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty six percent of Waldoboro 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. Forty six 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. Thirty 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. Thirty five 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 six 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Sixteen percent are overweight. Eighteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Waldoboro report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 59 percent of Waldoboro residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Waldoboro spend $365 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 Waldoboro spends $104 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $171 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Waldoboro report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety eight 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. Forty 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. Eighteen percent of people in Waldoboro had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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