Health and Nutrition of Healy Lake, AK Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty three percent of Healy Lake residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal nine 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 seven 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 three "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 Healy Lake 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 three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Forty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Healy Lake residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 four days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of one days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 27 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Healy Lake residents 16 years and older is 70 inches. The average weight is 179 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 25. Twenty one percent have ever been obese. Forty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Healy Lake residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirty six 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

Eleven percent of people living in Healy Lake have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Healy Lake 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

Fifty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty five percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Ninety percent of people living in Healy Lake are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Six percent of people living in Healy Lake have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty one percent of people in Healy Lake frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Thirty five percent of people living in Healy Lake use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Eighteen percent of Healy Lake residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Sixty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Nineteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Eighteen 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. Six percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Healy Lake residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Healy Lake have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 5.5 days per month on average. They have 3.5 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Healy Lake 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. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Six percent of males in Healy Lake have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Healy Lake were 20 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 10 women. He has vaginal sex with nine 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 six women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.8 men on average. They have had 0.6 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Healy Lake were 20 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Twelve percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Healy Lake has vaginal or anal sex 37 times a year. Sixty percent have sex without using a condom. Eighty four percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nineteen percent of households in Healy Lake use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Six percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Healy Lake residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Forty eight percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty three percent of Healy Lake residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Healy Lake 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 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifty four 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 nine 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 eight 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 2.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Six percent of Healy Lake residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirteen percent are overweight. Twenty four percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Current Health Status

People living in Healy Lake report their general health condition on average at 58 percent. Five percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 49 percent of Healy Lake residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Healy Lake spend $413 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 10 percent of their income. The average family in Healy Lake spends $218 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. This is eight percent of their income. They also spend $30 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Healy Lake report their general condition of hearing on average at 83 percent. Hundred 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. Nineteen percent of Healy Lake population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Nineteen percent of people in Healy Lake had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Thirteen percent of Healy Lake residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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