Health and Nutrition of Millican, TX Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Millican residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 six 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 three 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 three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Millican 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). Millican residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Millican residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 158 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty two percent of people living here are obese. Thirty two percent have ever been obese. Forty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Millican residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Millican 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

Sixty two percent of people living in Millican are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Twenty five percent of people living in Millican use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty six percent of Millican residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty five percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty nine percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Seventeen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Twenty two percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Fourteen 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. Seven percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Millican have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nine percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.3 days per month on average. They have 5.8 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 seven percent of Millican residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Fifty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Twenty percent of males in Millican have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex. Sixteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Millican 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.9 men on average. They have had 1.0 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Millican were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. Twenty four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Millican has vaginal or anal sex 56 times a year. Forty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Millican 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with five men on average. They have had five male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.5 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Five percent of households in Millican use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Two percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty four percent of Millican residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Fifteen percent of Millican 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 three 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. Forty seven percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty five 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 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 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 2.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Millican 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". Twenty three percent are overweight. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty three percent of births in Millican were vaginal deliveries. Thirty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fifteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty nine percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Millican report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Millican residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Five percent of people living in Millican are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Millican spend $374 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 38 percent of their income. The average family in Millican spends $77 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $153 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 20 percent of their income. They also spend $28 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Millican report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Eighty nine 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. Seven percent of Millican population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty three 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. Twelve percent of people in Millican had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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