Health and Nutrition of Elliston, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty eight percent of Elliston residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 four "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 Elliston 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). Eighteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Elliston residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Elliston residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 183 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty percent of people living here are obese. Fifty three percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Thirty three percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Elliston 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 two percent of Elliston 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. Thirty nine percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty two percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Eleven percent of Elliston residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty two percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen 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. Thirteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV.

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Prescription Medications

Elliston residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy two percent of people living in Elliston have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seventeen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.5 days per month on average. They have 8.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 14 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Sixty seven percent of Elliston 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. Eighty percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Elliston were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 41 women. He has vaginal sex with 38 women. 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 11 women. People in Elliston were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Elliston has vaginal or anal sex 81 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Eighty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty three percent of Elliston residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Forty percent of Elliston 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 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 eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty seven 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 eight 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Seventeen 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. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Elliston were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy five percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty three percent of women in Elliston have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventeen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Thirty three percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Elliston report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Thirteen percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 27 percent of Elliston residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Elliston spend $407 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 Elliston spends $102 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $65 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Elliston report their general condition of hearing on average at 72 percent. Forty three 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. Eighty three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty percent of Elliston population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Twenty seven percent of people in Elliston had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Elliston 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. Nineteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six 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. Six 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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