Health and Nutrition of Ranchette Estates, TX Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Thirty eight percent of Ranchette Estates residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 23 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 four 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 four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Ranchette Estates resident last visited a dentist three years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Seventeen 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). Ranchette Estates residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 37 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 22 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Ranchette Estates residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 186 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Forty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty six percent of Ranchette Estates residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty eight percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty three percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Ranchette Estates 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

Forty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty seven percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Thirty nine percent of people living in Ranchette Estates are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eighteen percent of people living in Ranchette Estates have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Fifteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Ranchette Estates use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty seven percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Thirteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Seventeen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Twelve percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Ranchette Estates residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety three percent of people living in Ranchette Estates have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.5 days per month on average. They have 4.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 15 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Ranchette Estates residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Ninety seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Ranchette Estates 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 32 women. He has vaginal sex with 28 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 12 women. People in Ranchette Estates were 24 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. The average person in Ranchette Estates has vaginal or anal sex 109 times a year. Seventy three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Ranchette Estates 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.8 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Ninety six percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Three percent of households in Ranchette Estates use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy six percent of Ranchette Estates residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty three percent of Ranchette Estates 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. Twenty eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Fifteen 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 one 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Fifteen percent of Ranchette Estates residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Seven percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Seventeen percent are overweight. Seventeen percent of people living in Ranchette Estates have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eighteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Two percent have ever been told they had gout. Two percent have congestive heart failure. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Three percent have ever had emphysema. Two percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Three percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Ranchette Estates were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Forty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Twenty 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 Ranchette Estates report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 29 percent of Ranchette Estates residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seven percent of people living in Ranchette Estates are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Ranchette Estates spend $385 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 29 percent of their income. The average family in Ranchette Estates spends $83 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $118 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $25 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Ranchette Estates report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Seventy eight 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 three percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Fifteen percent of Ranchette Estates population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty five 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. Fifteen percent of people in Ranchette Estates had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Fifteen percent of Ranchette Estates 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. Twenty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Three percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Six percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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