Health and Nutrition of Wabasso Beach, FL Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty seven percent of Wabasso Beach residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 22 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 one "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 Wabasso Beach 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. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Wabasso Beach residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wabasso Beach residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty seven percent have ever been obese. Thirty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy percent of Wabasso Beach residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Sixteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty percent of people living in Wabasso Beach have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty seven percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Five percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Wabasso Beach residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Thirteen percent of Wabasso Beach 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. Seven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty eight percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Eighty seven percent of people living in Wabasso Beach are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Forty three percent of people living in Wabasso Beach have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixty eight percent of people in Wabasso Beach frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty five 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

Forty one percent of people living in Wabasso Beach use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty four percent of Wabasso Beach residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five 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. Twenty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty one 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. Twelve 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Wabasso Beach residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Wabasso Beach have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Ten percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 6.0 days per month on average. They have 5.5 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 six percent of Wabasso Beach residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety six percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in Wabasso Beach have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety three percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twenty percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Wabasso Beach were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 16 women. He has vaginal sex with seven women. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. People in Wabasso Beach were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on 11 men in their lifetime. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Wabasso Beach has vaginal or anal sex 27 times a year. Forty one percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Wabasso Beach 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. Ninety percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twelve percent of households in Wabasso Beach use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Four percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty five percent of Wabasso Beach residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fourteen percent of Wabasso Beach 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 seven 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixteen 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 two 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 seven 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirteen percent of Wabasso Beach residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Four percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty seven percent are overweight. Twenty seven 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 two percent of people living in Wabasso Beach have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Forty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Ten percent have ever been told they had gout. Four percent have congestive heart failure. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Five percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Nine percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eight percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have ever had emphysema. Twelve percent have another thyroid problem. Seven percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Four percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Eighteen percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy nine percent of births in Wabasso Beach were vaginal deliveries. Twenty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty four percent of women breastfeed their children. Forty two percent of women in Wabasso Beach have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty two percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. 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 Wabasso Beach report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 30 percent of Wabasso Beach residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Wabasso Beach are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wabasso Beach spend $328 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Wabasso Beach spends $59 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $151 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $20 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wabasso Beach report their general condition of hearing on average at 71 percent. Seventy 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. Ninety three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty two percent of Wabasso Beach population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Eight percent of people in Wabasso Beach had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty eight percent of Wabasso Beach 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 six percent of Wabasso Beach 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. Thirty two percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Fourteen percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twelve percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Sixteen 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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