Health and Nutrition of Marcus, WA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Marcus residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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 one 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. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Marcus 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Fifteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Marcus 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Marcus residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 166 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty five percent of people living here are obese. Sixty four percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Marcus residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Twenty six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Marcus have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Marcus 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

Six percent of Marcus 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. Forty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Six percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Sixty four percent of people living in Marcus are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people living in Marcus have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nineteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Nineteen percent of people in Marcus frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eleven 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

Thirty one percent of people living in Marcus use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of Marcus 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 one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty nine percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty eight 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. Seventeen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Marcus residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty one percent of people living in Marcus have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Thirty percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 days per month on average. They have 5.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 21 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety percent of Marcus 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eighty six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Eighteen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Marcus 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 20 women. He has vaginal sex with 17 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Marcus were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Marcus has vaginal or anal sex 61 times a year. Twenty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Marcus 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty eight percent of Marcus residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eleven percent of Marcus 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. Sixteen 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. Forty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixteen 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 eight 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 four 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Forty percent are overweight. Thirty eight 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. Thirty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty three percent of births in Marcus were vaginal deliveries. Seventeen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety three percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Marcus have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventy four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty nine percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Marcus report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 24 percent of Marcus residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Marcus spend $549 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Marcus spends $121 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $99 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Marcus report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Eighty 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 one percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Ten percent of Marcus population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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 Marcus residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Marcus 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. Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Fifteen percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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