Health and Nutrition of Wyeville, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Wyeville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 18 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 four 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 two "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 Wyeville 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). Twenty six percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty three percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Wyeville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 48 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wyeville residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 176 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 31. Forty eight percent of people living here are obese. Fifty nine percent have ever been obese. Forty six percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty six percent of Wyeville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty six percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty four percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Sixteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Wyeville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Thirty one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Wyeville 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

Nine percent of Wyeville 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. Fifty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Nineteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

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Dermatology

Forty percent of people living in Wyeville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty two percent of Wyeville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty four percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Twenty nine percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty two percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Sixteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Nineteen percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Eighteen 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. Three percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Prescription Medications

Wyeville residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy seven percent of people living in Wyeville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Nineteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 2.3 days per month on average. They have 4.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 16 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Wyeville 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. Ninety one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Fifty six percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Three percent of males in Wyeville 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 four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty one percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Wyeville 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 12 women. He has vaginal sex with 12 women. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Wyeville were 19 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. Fourteen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Wyeville has vaginal or anal sex 76 times a year. Forty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Wyeville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with seven men on average. They have had seven male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty nine percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty seven percent of Wyeville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Wyeville 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 two 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 two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty two 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 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 1.7 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Wyeville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Four percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Three percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Thirty percent are overweight. Five percent of people living in Wyeville have ever received a blood transfusion. Twenty eight percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Ten percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Three percent have coronary heart disease. Three percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty seven percent of births in Wyeville were vaginal deliveries. Thirty three percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.5 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Eight percent of women in Wyeville have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Forty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy. Fifteen 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 Wyeville report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 49 percent of Wyeville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wyeville spend $489 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 33 percent of their income. The average family in Wyeville spends $111 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $126 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is five percent of their income. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wyeville report their general condition of hearing on average at 80 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. Ninety nine percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Nine percent of Wyeville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty 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. Eighteen percent of people in Wyeville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Ten percent of Wyeville 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. Eleven percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Five percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Five 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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