Health and Nutrition of Vantage, WA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Vantage residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 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 Vantage 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). Thirteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty four percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Vantage 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Vantage residents 16 years and older is 62 inches. The average weight is 153 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty nine percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Forty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty five percent of Vantage residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Five percent of people living in Vantage have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Vantage 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

Four percent of Vantage 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 two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Ten percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Fifteen percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty three percent of people in Vantage frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Forty one percent of people living in Vantage use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty three percent of Vantage residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Forty five 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. Twenty four percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty one 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. Six percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Seventy one percent of people living in Vantage have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eighteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.1 days per month on average. They have 4.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 14 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Vantage residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Vantage were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Vantage were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Vantage has vaginal or anal sex 82 times a year. Fifty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Vantage 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty two percent of Vantage residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Vantage 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 nine 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 percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty two 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 six 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Vantage residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seven percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty three percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Forty three percent of births in Vantage were vaginal deliveries. Fifty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Ten percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty six percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Vantage report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 50 percent of Vantage residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Vantage are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Vantage spend $431 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. The average family in Vantage spends $103 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $149 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $35 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Vantage report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty seven 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 eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen 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. Eight percent of people in Vantage had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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