Health and Nutrition of Wiscasset, ME Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Wiscasset 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 two 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.

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Oral Health

The average Wiscasset resident last visited a dentist one years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Thirty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Wiscasset residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 34 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 four 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 23 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wiscasset residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 146 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Fifteen percent of people living here are obese. Twenty eight percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty five percent of Wiscasset residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty eight percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Ten percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty five percent of people living in Wiscasset have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Seventy 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

Wiscasset 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

Thirty eight percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirty four percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixty five percent of people in Wiscasset frequently check their blood cholesterol. Thirty 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

Nineteen percent of people living in Wiscasset use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

Wiscasset residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety three percent of people living in Wiscasset have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.6 days per month on average.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety seven percent of Wiscasset 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. Sixty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty four 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. People in Wiscasset were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with nine women. He has vaginal sex with eight women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Wiscasset were 20 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. Thirteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Wiscasset has vaginal or anal sex 29 times a year. Females in Wiscasset 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. Fifty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty one percent of Wiscasset residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Wiscasset 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. Forty 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. Forty one percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Sixteen 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 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 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 1.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty seven percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eight percent have another thyroid problem. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Forty three percent of births in Wiscasset were vaginal deliveries. Fifty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Fifty percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason.

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Current Health Status

People living in Wiscasset report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Wiscasset residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wiscasset spend $345 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 22 percent of their income. The average family in Wiscasset spends $173 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $76 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $17 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wiscasset report their general condition of hearing on average at 82 percent. Ninety 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. Twenty nine percent of Wiscasset population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty four 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. Seven percent of people in Wiscasset had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty one percent of Wiscasset residents 40 and older take a low-dose aspirin each day to prevent heart attacks, strokes or cancer.

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Physical Functioning

Three 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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