Health and Nutrition of Kennan, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty three percent of Kennan 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 five 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. 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 Kennan 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). Kennan residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 percent. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Kennan residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 162 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty three percent have ever been obese. Forty percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty five percent of Kennan residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Ten percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Nine percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Six percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Four percent of people living in Kennan have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Twenty 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

Kennan 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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Health Insurance

Fifty percent of people living in Kennan are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Twelve percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Twenty eight percent of people living in Kennan use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty four percent of Kennan residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty five percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Thirty four 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. Twenty three percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Seventeen 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. Eight percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Seventy six percent of people living in Kennan have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Eleven percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.4 days per month on average. They have 8.0 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 27 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Kennan residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty two percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty eight percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eleven percent of males in Kennan have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy nine percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty six percent have ever had anal sex. Seventeen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Kennan were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 16 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Kennan were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Kennan has vaginal or anal sex 64 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Kennan 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. They have had four male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.0 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty three percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty one percent of Kennan residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty six percent of Kennan 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. Forty five 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. 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 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 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 2.1 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Kennan 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". Twenty five percent are overweight. Twenty one percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Forty nine percent of births in Kennan were vaginal deliveries. Fifty one percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty seven percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Seventy seven percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Fourteen percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Thirty percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Kennan report their general health condition on average at 55 percent. Six percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Kennan residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Kennan are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Kennan spend $423 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 37 percent of their income. The average family in Kennan spends $92 on food at other stores monthly. This is six percent of their income. They spend $165 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 13 percent of their income. They also spend $31 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Kennan report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Eighty nine 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. Twenty eight 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. Fifteen percent of people in Kennan had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

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

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