Health and Nutrition of Poplar, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty eight percent of Poplar 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 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 three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat three frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Poplar 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). Seventeen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Sixteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Poplar residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Poplar residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 154 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Thirty seven percent of people living here are obese. Fifty percent have ever been obese. Thirty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Thirty four percent of Poplar residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Thirteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Poplar 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

Eleven percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Sixty four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Eleven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Forty four percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirty seven percent of people living in Poplar use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Poplar residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty three percent of people living in Poplar have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.4 days per month on average. They have 2.3 drinks per week.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Poplar 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. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety two percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Thirty six percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty three percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Poplar were 18 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Poplar were 18 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 Poplar has vaginal or anal sex 48 times a year. Forty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Poplar 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had six male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Fifty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Eighty percent of Poplar residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty two percent of Poplar 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 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 five percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty nine 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. Forty 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 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 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirteen percent of Poplar residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty five percent are overweight. Twelve percent of people living in Poplar have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty five percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty two percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Seven percent have congestive heart failure. Seven percent have coronary heart disease. Seven percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Twenty percent have another thyroid problem. Seven percent have ever had chronic bronchitis.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy five percent of births in Poplar were vaginal deliveries. Twenty five percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty six percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy six percent of women breastfeed their children. Six percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Seventy two percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Eight percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Nineteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Fourteen 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 Poplar report their general health condition on average at 68 percent. Seven percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 33 percent of Poplar residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Ten percent of people living in Poplar are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Poplar spend $357 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 20 percent of their income. The average family in Poplar spends $137 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $90 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is four percent of their income. They also spend $19 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Poplar report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty 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. Thirteen percent of Poplar 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. Thirteen percent of people in Poplar had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Twenty eight percent of Poplar 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 one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty one percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Seventeen 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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