Health and Nutrition of Maribel, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty six percent of Maribel residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 25 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 two 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 one frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Maribel 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). Forty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Maribel residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 46 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 24 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Maribel residents 16 years and older is 66 inches. The average weight is 167 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Fifty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty nine percent have ever been obese. Sixty seven percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty seven percent of Maribel residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Ten percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Maribel 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

Five percent of Maribel residents above the age of 40 have problems with their ability to smell, such as not being able to smell things or things not smelling the way they are supposed to. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty two percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Nine percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty two percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Forty six percent of people living in Maribel are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Thirty eight percent of people living in Maribel use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Maribel residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty percent of people living in Maribel have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. They have 2.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Maribel residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty two percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Two percent of males in Maribel 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. Eighty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty two percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Maribel 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 54 women. He has vaginal sex with 51 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on seven women. People in Maribel were 19 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 Maribel has vaginal or anal sex 105 times a year. Fifty three percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Maribel 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with nine men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Fifty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty six percent of Maribel residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Maribel 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. Seventy one 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. Thirty percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty four 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Forty eight percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Nine percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty four percent of births in Maribel were vaginal deliveries. Sixteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Ninety percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy nine percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Seventeen 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 Maribel report their general health condition on average at 63 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 52 percent of Maribel residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Nine percent of people living in Maribel are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Maribel spend $416 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 16 percent of their income. The average family in Maribel spends $85 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $123 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $11 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Maribel report their general condition of hearing on average at 91 percent. Ninety six 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. Forty five percent of Maribel population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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. Eleven percent of people in Maribel had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Nineteen percent of Maribel 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. Eighteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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