Health and Nutrition of Footville, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty seven percent of Footville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 11 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 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 Footville 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). Eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Seventeen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Footville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 54 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 18 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Footville residents 16 years and older is 69 inches. The average weight is 181 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Sixty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Fifty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Footville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Eleven percent of people living in Footville 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.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Footville 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

Eight percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Ninety two percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Seventeen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seventeen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Seventeen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty five percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty eight percent of people living in Footville have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twenty eight percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Thirty three percent of people in Footville frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty five 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

Thirty three percent of Footville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty 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. Eleven 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

Footville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy two percent of people living in Footville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Twenty two percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 7.4 days per month on average. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 46 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of Footville 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. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Footville have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. People in Footville 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 17 women. People living here were on average 17 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.8 men on average. They have had 0.8 anal sex partners in their lifetime. They performed oral sex on average on two men in their lifetime. The average person in Footville has vaginal or anal sex 62 times a year. Thirty eight percent have sex without using a condom. Eighty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty seven percent of Footville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Footville 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. Twenty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eleven 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. Thirty 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 six 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty two percent of Footville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Forty four percent are overweight. Seventeen 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. Six percent of people living in Footville have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Seventeen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have ever been told they had gout. Six percent have congestive heart failure. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Six percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. Eleven percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Current Health Status

People living in Footville report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Footville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Footville spend $402 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Footville spends $102 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $93 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $16 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in Footville report their general condition of hearing on average at 77 percent. Ninety four 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. Thirty percent of Footville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty one 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. Thirteen percent of people in Footville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

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