Health and Nutrition of Forestville, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty two percent of Forestville residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 three of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place.

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Oral Health

The average Forestville 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). Nineteen percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty one percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Forestville residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 40 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 26 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Forestville residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 180 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Fifty percent of people living here are obese. Fifty eight percent have ever been obese. Forty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Fifty percent of Forestville residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Nineteen percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Thirteen percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used heroin.

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Diabetes

Eight percent of people living in Forestville have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Forty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Four percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Forestville residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate two 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 of Forestville 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. Eight percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Thirty eight percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty one percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty one percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Thirteen percent of people living in Forestville use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Twenty five percent of Forestville residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Nineteen percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nineteen percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down.

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Prescription Medications

Forestville residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Forestville have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Six percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 6.0 days per month on average. They have 5.7 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 45 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Forestville residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Sixty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty four percent have ever had anal sex. Twenty five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Forestville were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 37 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Forestville were 19 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on six men in their lifetime. Four percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Forestville has vaginal or anal sex 32 times a year. Fifty nine percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Forestville 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had 10 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty five percent of Forestville residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Seventeen percent of Forestville 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. Twenty 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. Forty six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Eight 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 three 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 1.3 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Four percent of Forestville residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty three percent are overweight. Eight percent of people living in Forestville have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. Four percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy three percent of births in Forestville were vaginal deliveries. Twenty seven percent of deliveries were cesarean. 98.1 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty nine percent of women breastfeed their children. Seventy five percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Seven percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty one percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Forestville report their general health condition on average at 50 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 56 percent of Forestville residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Seventeen percent of people living in Forestville are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Forestville spend $427 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 42 percent of their income. The average family in Forestville spends $40 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $110 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $24 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is two percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Forestville report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty three 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 two percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Seventeen percent of Forestville population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Twenty two 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. Seventeen percent of people in Forestville had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Thirteen percent of Forestville 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. Seventeen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Eight percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Eight percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Four 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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