Health and Nutrition of Cantu Addition, TX Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty five percent of Cantu Addition residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 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 two frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Cantu Addition 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 eight 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). Cantu Addition residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 39 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 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Cantu Addition residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 174 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Forty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Cantu Addition residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Fourteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Cantu Addition 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

Thirteen percent of Cantu Addition 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. Sixty percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fourteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eighteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Sixteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Forty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Seventy nine percent of people living in Cantu Addition are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Mental Health

Twenty six percent of Cantu Addition residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty nine 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 eight 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. Twenty eight percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twenty six 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Cantu Addition residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Sixty nine percent of people living in Cantu Addition have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty two percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.1 days per month on average. They have 4.5 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 Cantu Addition 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. Ninety six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Sixty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Cantu Addition have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty one percent have ever had anal sex. Fourteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Cantu Addition were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 29 women. He has vaginal sex with 27 women. People living here were on average 22 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 Cantu Addition were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. Fourteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Cantu Addition has vaginal or anal sex 54 times a year. Forty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Cantu Addition 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with nine men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Eighty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nineteen percent of households in Cantu Addition use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

Cantu Addition 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

Forty four percent of Cantu Addition residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eight percent of Cantu Addition 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. Thirty 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. Thirty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty two 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. Fifty eight 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twelve percent of Cantu Addition 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". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty nine percent are overweight. Sixteen 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. Nine percent of people living in Cantu Addition have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Five percent have coronary heart disease. Four percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Four percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy four percent of births in Cantu Addition were vaginal deliveries. Twenty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy two percent of women breastfeed their children. Ten percent of women in Cantu Addition have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Four percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty four percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Fifteen 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 Cantu Addition report their general health condition on average at 53 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 42 percent of Cantu Addition residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Three percent of people living in Cantu Addition are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Cantu Addition spend $425 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 36 percent of their income. The average family in Cantu Addition spends $102 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $100 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Cantu Addition report their general condition of hearing on average at 81 percent. Eighty 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty three percent of Cantu Addition 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. Fourteen percent of people in Cantu Addition had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirty one percent of Cantu Addition residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Twelve percent of Cantu Addition 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. Fifteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Seven percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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