Health and Nutrition of Arvada, WY Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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. They also eat two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

Twenty five percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Arvada residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Arvada residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Seventy five percent of people living here are obese. Seventy five percent have ever been obese. Twenty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of Arvada residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Arvada residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate three 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

Seventy five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventy five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Fifty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in Arvada are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people in Arvada frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty 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

Thirty one percent of people living in Arvada use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Arvada residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Hundred percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Seventy five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventy five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty five percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Prescription Medications

Arvada residents on average take three prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Arvada have at least one alcoholic drink per month. They have 2.4 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Arvada residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty seven percent have ever had anal sex. People in Arvada were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Arvada were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. Seven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Arvada 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Physical Activity

Seventy five 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. 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. Twenty five 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 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Arvada residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Fifty percent are overweight. Thirteen 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 five percent of people living in Arvada have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventy five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Ninety percent of births in Arvada were vaginal deliveries. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Seventy one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Twenty five 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 Arvada report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Arvada residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Arvada are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Arvada spend $405 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 32 percent of their income. The average family in Arvada spends $65 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $98 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Arvada report their general condition of hearing on average at 75 percent. Seventy 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. Fifty percent of Arvada population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Seventy five 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.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment.

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