Health and Nutrition of Lake Wissota, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty nine percent of Lake Wissota residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 three 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 two "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month.

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Oral Health

The average Lake Wissota 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. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Lake Wissota residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 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 three 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 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Lake Wissota residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty percent of people living here are obese. Thirty two percent have ever been obese. Forty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty nine percent of Lake Wissota residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty four percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty three percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Lake Wissota 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

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

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Health Insurance

Seventy four percent of people living in Lake Wissota are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people living in Lake Wissota have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirty six percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Fifty seven percent of people in Lake Wissota frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty one 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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Dermatology

Twenty percent of people living in Lake Wissota use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Lake Wissota residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety four percent of people living in Lake Wissota 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 3.3 days per month on average. They have 3.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 18 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Lake Wissota 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. Eighty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty three percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seven percent of males in Lake Wissota have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. People in Lake Wissota 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 24 women. He has vaginal sex with 23 women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on five women. People in Lake Wissota were 22 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. The average person in Lake Wissota has vaginal or anal sex 57 times a year. Twenty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Lake Wissota 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. Forty seven percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Twenty five percent of households in Lake Wissota use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Four percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty four percent of Lake Wissota residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Lake Wissota 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 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. Twenty one 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 five 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 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Five percent of Lake Wissota 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. Forty two percent are overweight. Sixteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty two percent of births in Lake Wissota were vaginal deliveries. Sixty eight percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Sixty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Lake Wissota report their general health condition on average at 60 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 40 percent of Lake Wissota residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Lake Wissota are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Lake Wissota spend $375 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 Lake Wissota spends $170 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $121 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. They also spend $18 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Lake Wissota report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 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. Twenty eight percent of Lake Wissota population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty seven 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. Nine percent of people in Lake Wissota had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty one percent of Lake Wissota 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 of Lake Wissota 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. Fifteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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