Health and Nutrition of North Westminster, VT Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty nine percent of North Westminster residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "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 North Westminster 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). Seven percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty five percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). North Westminster residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 two days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 20 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of North Westminster residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 155 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Fifty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty percent have ever been obese. Thirty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy three percent of North Westminster residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twelve percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Two percent have ever used heroin. Five percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Nine percent of people living in North Westminster have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty 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

North Westminster 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

Seventy eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eight percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Twenty four percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty seven percent of people living in North Westminster have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty eight percent of people in North Westminster frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twelve 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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Mental Health

Twenty seven percent of North Westminster residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Ten percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Six percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Five 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. Two percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

North Westminster residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety three percent of people living in North Westminster have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Four percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.2 days per month on average. They have 5.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 49 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of North Westminster residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Four percent of males in North Westminster have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in North Westminster 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 15 women. He has vaginal sex with 15 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. People in North Westminster were 25 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in North Westminster has vaginal or anal sex 81 times a year. Forty two percent have sex without using a condom. Fifty two percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty three percent of households in North Westminster use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

North Westminster residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty six percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty seven percent of North Westminster residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty percent of North Westminster 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. Fifty 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 nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty seven 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. 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 1.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eighteen percent of North Westminster residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty four percent are overweight. Five percent of people living in North Westminster have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty eight percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Current Health Status

People living in North Westminster report their general health condition on average at 54 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 47 percent of North Westminster residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in North Westminster are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in North Westminster spend $407 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 24 percent of their income. The average family in North Westminster spends $114 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $134 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in North Westminster report their general condition of hearing on average at 86 percent. Ninety seven 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 eight percent of North Westminster population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Sixty 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 three percent of people in North Westminster had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Forty two percent of North Westminster residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Forty one percent of North Westminster 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. Forty two 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. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Four percent of people here have health problems that require them to use special equipment, such as a cane, wheelchair, special bed or special telephone.

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