Health and Nutrition of Beaver Bay, MN Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty percent of Beaver Bay 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 eight 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 four 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

The average Beaver Bay 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). Beaver Bay residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 51 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Beaver Bay residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 194 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty four percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Eighteen percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

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

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Diabetes

Thirty 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

Beaver Bay 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

Fifty seven percent of people living in Beaver Bay are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Seventeen percent of people in Beaver Bay frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty seven percent of people living in Beaver Bay use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Ninety five percent of people living in Beaver Bay have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five 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 6.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Beaver Bay residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Beaver Bay have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Beaver Bay 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 13 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.0 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Beaver Bay were 15 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eleven percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Beaver Bay has vaginal or anal sex 77 times a year. Fifty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Sixty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty four percent of Beaver Bay residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty six percent of Beaver Bay 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. Fifty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty three 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. Sixty 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty three percent are overweight.

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Current Health Status

People living in Beaver Bay report their general health condition on average at 64 percent. Seven percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 37 percent of Beaver Bay residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Beaver Bay are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Beaver Bay spend $232 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 13 percent of their income. The average family in Beaver Bay spends $101 on food at other stores monthly. This is 12 percent of their income. They spend $178 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Beaver Bay report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 percent. Ninety four 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. Twelve percent of Beaver Bay population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty four 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 eight percent of people in Beaver Bay had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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