Health and Nutrition of Marietta, TX Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty six percent of Marietta residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 two 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Marietta 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). Fourteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nineteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Marietta residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 four days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 21 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Marietta residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 209 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty two percent of people living here are obese. Sixty one percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Twenty one percent of people living in Marietta have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty 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

Marietta 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

Thirteen percent of Marietta 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. Sixty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Sixteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Eight percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty seven percent of people living in Marietta are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Twenty five percent of people living in Marietta use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty nine percent of Marietta residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eighteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty one percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twelve 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. Nine 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

Marietta residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty five percent of people living in Marietta have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.9 days per month on average. They have 6.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 25 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Marietta 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. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Marietta 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 32 women. He has vaginal sex with 35 women. People living here were on average 26 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 Marietta were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Marietta has vaginal or anal sex 25 times a year. Forty six percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty seven percent of households in Marietta use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Nine percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty seven percent of Marietta residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Marietta 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 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. Thirty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty four 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 four 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 seven 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 three 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 1.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eleven percent of Marietta residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". 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 four percent are overweight. Five percent of people living in Marietta have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have ever been told they had gout. Three percent have congestive heart failure. Three percent have coronary heart disease. Five percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Three percent have another thyroid problem. Three percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Five percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Marietta report their general health condition on average at 59 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 59 percent of Marietta residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eighteen percent of people living in Marietta are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Marietta spend $329 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 18 percent of their income. The average family in Marietta spends $55 on food at other stores monthly. This is two percent of their income. They spend $84 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $28 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Marietta report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 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 five percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Sixteen percent of Marietta population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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. Eighteen percent of people in Marietta had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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