Health and Nutrition of Cascade, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty six percent of Cascade residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 15 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.

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Oral Health

The average Cascade 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). Twenty four percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Nine percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Cascade residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Cascade residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 166 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty three percent of people living here are obese. Twenty eight percent have ever been obese. Sixty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Cascade 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

Twenty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy nine percent of people living in Cascade are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Nine percent of people living in Cascade have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifty nine percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy one percent of people in Cascade frequently check their blood cholesterol. Eighteen 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 eight percent of people living in Cascade use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Sixteen percent of Cascade residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty seven percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty four percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty 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

Cascade residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety two percent of people living in Cascade have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.6 days per month on average. They have 4.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 12 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Cascade residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in Cascade have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Cascade 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 26 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. People in Cascade were 21 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. The average person in Cascade has vaginal or anal sex 48 times a year. Twenty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Cascade 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

Cascade 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

Twenty five percent of Cascade residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nine percent of Cascade 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 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. Fifty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twelve 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. Seventy 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 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 0.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

One percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty five percent are overweight. Eleven 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. Eleven percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have coronary heart disease. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. One percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.3 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Cascade report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 30 percent of Cascade residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cascade spend $365 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $86 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Cascade report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Ninety five 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. Eighteen percent of Cascade population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty six 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

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

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Physical Functioning

Seven percent of Cascade 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. Seven percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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