Health and Nutrition of New Auburn, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty four percent of New Auburn residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 13 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.

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Oral Health

The average New Auburn 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). Thirty three percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. New Auburn residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 43 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 two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of New Auburn residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Forty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty three percent of New Auburn residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nineteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nineteen 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

Eleven percent of people living in New Auburn have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

New Auburn 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

Sixty seven percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Forty nine percent of people living in New Auburn are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twenty three percent of people living in New Auburn have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Twelve percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty nine percent of people in New Auburn frequently check their blood cholesterol. Seventeen 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 New Auburn use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

New Auburn residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy two percent of people living in New Auburn have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.7 days per month on average. They have 5.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 23 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety eight percent of New Auburn 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. Thirty eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Ninety one percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty percent have ever had anal sex. Nine percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in New Auburn were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in New Auburn were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Eighteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in New Auburn has vaginal or anal sex 68 times a year. Thirty six percent have sex without using a condom. Females in New Auburn 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with six men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Thirty eight percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty nine percent of New Auburn residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty four percent of New Auburn 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. Thirty 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. Fifteen 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 four 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 seven 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirty percent of New Auburn residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Three percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty four percent are overweight. Eleven percent of people living in New Auburn have ever received a blood transfusion. Seventeen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twelve percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Eleven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Eleven percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Thirty seven percent of births in New Auburn were vaginal deliveries. Sixty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy eight percent of women breastfeed their children. Sixty eight percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills.

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Current Health Status

People living in New Auburn report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of New Auburn residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in New Auburn spend $345 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 New Auburn spends $107 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $114 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $36 monthly on carried out or delivered food.

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Audiometry

People living in New Auburn report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Seventy eight 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. Ten percent of New Auburn population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Thirty two percent of people in New Auburn had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty four percent of New Auburn 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. Twenty four 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. Eleven 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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