Forty five percent of Arcadia 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 two 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.
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The average Arcadia 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). Arcadia residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.
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The average height of Arcadia residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 171 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Thirty seven percent have ever been obese. Twenty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.
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Seventy three percent of Arcadia residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.
Forty seven percent of people living in Arcadia are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.
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Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home.
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Eleven percent of people living in Arcadia use sunscreen.
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Twenty four percent of Arcadia residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Twenty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty seven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Fifteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twelve 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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Eighty nine percent of people living in Arcadia have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four 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 7.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.
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Ninety seven percent of Arcadia residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Sixty nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Arcadia were 16 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. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.2 men on average. They have had 1.1 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Arcadia were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Twenty five percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Arcadia has vaginal or anal sex 39 times a year. Thirty six percent have sex without using a condom. Thirty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.
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Five percent of households in Arcadia use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.
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Arcadia residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Eleven percent of them have trouble sleeping.
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Sixty seven percent of Arcadia residents currently smoke cigarettes.
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Thirty five percent of Arcadia 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. Forty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty one 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 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 six 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 2.2 hours per day.
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Seven percent of Arcadia residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seventeen percent are overweight. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.
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People living in Arcadia report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Nine percent of people living in Arcadia are left-handed.
People in Arcadia spend $407 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 40 percent of their income. The average family in Arcadia spends $58 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $118 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 11 percent of their income. They also spend $13 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.
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People living in Arcadia report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty six 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. Fourteen percent of Arcadia population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Thirteen percent of people in Arcadia had off-work exposure to loud noise.
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Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.
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