Health and Nutrition of Waverly, WA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Waverly residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 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 three 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. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Waverly 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). Ten percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Waverly 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 one days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Waverly residents 16 years and older is 71 inches. The average weight is 233 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 35. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Eighty one percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Waverly residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty seven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Waverly 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

Ten percent of Waverly 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. Fifty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people in Waverly frequently check their blood cholesterol. Ten 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 three percent of people living in Waverly use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Forty four percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen 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

Seventy five percent of people living in Waverly have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 7.4 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Waverly 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. Ninety four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Waverly were 13 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Waverly were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Waverly has vaginal or anal sex 51 times a year. Forty three percent have sex without using a condom. Ninety four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Waverly residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Ninety percent of Waverly residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifty percent of Waverly 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. Fifty 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. Nineteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nineteen 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. 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 four 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 1.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifty percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Seven percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in Waverly report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 75 percent of Waverly residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Twelve percent of people living in Waverly are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Waverly spend $247 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 Waverly spends $42 on food at other stores monthly. This is one percent of their income. They spend $70 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Waverly report their general condition of hearing on average at 90 percent. Eighty 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty one percent of Waverly population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy eight 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. Thirty seven percent of people in Waverly had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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