Health and Nutrition of Sanostee, NM Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Sanostee 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 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Sanostee 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). Twenty nine percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sixteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Sanostee 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Sanostee residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 172 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty three percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Thirty four percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty eight percent of Sanostee residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one 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. Twenty four percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Eleven percent of people living in Sanostee have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Sanostee 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

Nine percent of Sanostee 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Fifty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twelve percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

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

Sanostee residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty seven percent of people living in Sanostee have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eight percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.6 days per month on average. They have 7.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 22 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Sanostee 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. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty one percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Sanostee 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 32 women. He has vaginal sex with 23 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 five women. People in Sanostee 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. Sixteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Sanostee has vaginal or anal sex 69 times a year. Thirty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Sanostee 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.6 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Seventy percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Ten percent of households in Sanostee use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Nine percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Sanostee residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirty four percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty seven percent of Sanostee residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Sanostee 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 eight 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Nineteen 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. Forty one 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Sanostee 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". Thirty four percent are overweight. Twenty six 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. Twelve percent of people living in Sanostee have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have ever been told they had gout. One percent have congestive heart failure. Three percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Eight percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Five percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy six percent of births in Sanostee were vaginal deliveries. Twenty four percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Eleven percent of women in Sanostee have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Nine percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty one percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Sanostee report their general health condition on average at 47 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 34 percent of Sanostee residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Sanostee are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Sanostee spend $373 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Sanostee spends $109 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $123 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $56 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Sanostee report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 percent. Eighty one 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 three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty one percent of Sanostee population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty one 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. Eleven percent of people in Sanostee had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty three percent of Sanostee 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. Twenty six 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. Twenty percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Four 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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