Health and Nutrition of Garrison, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Garrison residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 one 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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Oral Health

The average Garrison 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). Eighteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Garrison residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Garrison residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 191 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Fifty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Forty 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

Garrison 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 Garrison 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. Eighty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fourteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Ten percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty six percent of people living in Garrison are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty percent of people living in Garrison have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Forty percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy four percent of people in Garrison frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty seven 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

Sixty seven percent of people living in Garrison use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eighteen percent of Garrison residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventeen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eleven percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty seven percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fifteen 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Garrison residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy four percent of people living in Garrison have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.4 days per month on average. They have 3.2 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Garrison 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 one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Garrison have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex. Thirty percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Garrison 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 12 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.0 men on average. They have had 1.4 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Garrison were 17 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. Nine percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Garrison has vaginal or anal sex 79 times a year. Fifty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Garrison 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty percent of Garrison residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Garrison 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. Twenty 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. Twenty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty 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. Seventy seven 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 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 2.5 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Two percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty two percent are overweight. Forty four 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. Twenty percent of people living in Garrison have ever received a blood transfusion.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty percent of births in Garrison were vaginal deliveries. Twenty percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Twenty seven 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 Garrison report their general health condition on average at 51 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 45 percent of Garrison residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Garrison spend $389 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 26 percent of their income. The average family in Garrison spends $91 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $110 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Garrison report their general condition of hearing on average at 73 percent. Eighty 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Twenty six percent of Garrison population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty two 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. Seventeen percent of people in Garrison had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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

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