Health and Nutrition of Shongaloo, LA Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Shongaloo residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 24 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Shongaloo 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). Fifteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Shongaloo 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 three 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 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Shongaloo residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 167 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Twenty nine percent of people living here are obese. Sixty three percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty two percent of Shongaloo residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Nineteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Shongaloo 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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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty eight percent of people in Shongaloo frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty four percent of people living in Shongaloo use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Ninety one percent of people living in Shongaloo have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.0 days per month on average. They have 3.4 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 13 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Shongaloo residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. People in Shongaloo were 19 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 11 women. He has vaginal sex with 11 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on three women. People in Shongaloo were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Shongaloo has vaginal or anal sex 64 times a year. Forty three percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty two percent of households in Shongaloo use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty two percent of Shongaloo residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty four percent of Shongaloo 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 three 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty 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 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 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 1.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty four percent are overweight. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Fourteen percent have another thyroid problem.

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Current Health Status

People living in Shongaloo report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 26 percent of Shongaloo residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Shongaloo spend $400 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Shongaloo spends $129 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $210 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Shongaloo report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Ninety 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. Thirty seven 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. Thirteen percent of people in Shongaloo had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Five 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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