Health and Nutrition of Cal-Nev-Ari, NV Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Cal-Nev-Ari 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 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 three 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Cal-Nev-Ari 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). Eleven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty two percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Cal-Nev-Ari residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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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Weight

The average height of Cal-Nev-Ari residents 16 years and older is 61 inches. The average weight is 176 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty one percent of people living here are obese. Fifty four percent have ever been obese. Forty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty eight percent of Cal-Nev-Ari residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Seventeen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Nine percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirty nine 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

Cal-Nev-Ari 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

Eleven percent of Cal-Nev-Ari 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. Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Forty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty six percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty six percent of people living in Cal-Nev-Ari are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty four percent of people in Cal-Nev-Ari frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Cal-Nev-Ari use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty two percent of people living in Cal-Nev-Ari have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.4 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 11 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Cal-Nev-Ari 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. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Cal-Nev-Ari 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. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex. People in Cal-Nev-Ari 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 29 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 Cal-Nev-Ari were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Six percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Cal-Nev-Ari has vaginal or anal sex 91 times a year. Forty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Cal-Nev-Ari 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eleven percent of households in Cal-Nev-Ari 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

Cal-Nev-Ari residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty two percent of Cal-Nev-Ari residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Cal-Nev-Ari 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 seven 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. Forty 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Cal-Nev-Ari residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty one percent are overweight. Four percent of people living in Cal-Nev-Ari have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have congestive heart failure. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty three percent of births in Cal-Nev-Ari were vaginal deliveries. Thirty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.2 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty seven percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nine percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Cal-Nev-Ari report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Cal-Nev-Ari residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Cal-Nev-Ari are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cal-Nev-Ari spend $458 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Cal-Nev-Ari spends $137 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $187 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $41 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Cal-Nev-Ari report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety two 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 seven percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty seven 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. Fourteen percent of people in Cal-Nev-Ari had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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