Health and Nutrition of Kicking Horse, MT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Kicking Horse residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat six frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Kicking Horse 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Kicking Horse residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 three days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Kicking Horse residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 188 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 32. Sixty percent of people living here are obese. Seventy percent have ever been obese. Forty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy one percent of Kicking Horse residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. One percent have ever used heroin. Twenty eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Kicking Horse 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

Four percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty three percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people living in Kicking Horse have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twelve percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty one percent of people in Kicking Horse 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

Seventeen percent of people living in Kicking Horse use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Kicking Horse residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty eight 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. Forty percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty one 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

Kicking Horse residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty five percent of people living in Kicking Horse have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Seven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 5.3 days per month on average. They have 11.9 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 62 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Kicking Horse residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Fifteen percent of males in Kicking Horse 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Kicking Horse were 15 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 50 women. He has vaginal sex with 42 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. People in Kicking Horse were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Kicking Horse has vaginal or anal sex 88 times a year. Thirty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Kicking Horse 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had three male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Eighteen percent of households in Kicking Horse use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Seven percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Kicking Horse residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twelve percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty six percent of Kicking Horse residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Kicking Horse 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. Forty four 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty nine 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 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 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 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Ten percent of Kicking Horse residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Forty four percent are overweight. Twenty eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. One percent have ever had emphysema. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Ninety two percent of births in Kicking Horse were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Thirty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Kicking Horse report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 48 percent of Kicking Horse residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Kicking Horse are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Kicking Horse spend $402 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 23 percent of their income. The average family in Kicking Horse spends $95 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $68 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Kicking Horse report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty eight 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 percent of Kicking Horse population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty nine 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 nine percent of people in Kicking Horse had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty six percent of Kicking Horse residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Fourteen percent of Kicking Horse 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. Eighteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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