Health and Nutrition of Summerville, OR Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of Summerville 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 one 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.

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Oral Health

The average Summerville 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). Summerville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 52 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 five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 16 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Summerville residents 16 years and older is 59 inches. The average weight is 171 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Fifty nine percent of people living here are obese. Seventy three percent have ever been obese. Forty one percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Diabetes

Seventeen percent of people living in Summerville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Sixty four percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Seven percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Summerville residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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

Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury.

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Health Insurance

Eighty nine percent of people living in Summerville are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty six percent of people living in Summerville have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty one percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Seventy eight percent of people in Summerville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty 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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Mental Health

Forty six percent of Summerville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Forty eight percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty five percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty six percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty four percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Forty percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Thirty percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Sixteen 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.

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Prescription Medications

Summerville residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Fifty nine percent of people living in Summerville have at least one alcoholic drink per month.

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Sexual Behavior

Eighty seven percent of Summerville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty six percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Twelve percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Summerville were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People in Summerville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Nineteen percent of Summerville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixteen 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 one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty 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 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 0.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Summerville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Sixty three percent are overweight. Twenty two 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. Thirty one percent of people living in Summerville have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty six percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Sixty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Nine percent have another thyroid problem. Ten percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Seven percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty two percent of births in Summerville were vaginal deliveries. Eighteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.8 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirty two percent of women in Summerville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Twenty percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Fifty five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty six 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 Summerville report their general health condition on average at 48 percent. Two percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 13 percent of Summerville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Fourteen percent of people living in Summerville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Summerville spend $325 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 19 percent of their income. The average family in Summerville spends $60 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $78 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $24 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Summerville report their general condition of hearing on average at 69 percent. Seventy one 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 one percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Summerville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty eight 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty nine percent of Summerville 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. Thirty seven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty one percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Twenty three percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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