Health and Nutrition of Mount Calvary, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty one percent of Mount Calvary residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 17 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 four "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 Mount Calvary 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). Twelve percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Twenty percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Mount Calvary residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 47 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 four days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 25 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Mount Calvary residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 161 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 27. Thirty five percent of people living here are obese. Forty six percent have ever been obese. Twenty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Forty eight percent of Mount Calvary residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty three 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. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Mount Calvary 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

Seven percent of Mount Calvary 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. Three percent have been having problems with their ability to taste sweet, sour, salty or bitter foods and drinks. Seventy one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twelve percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury.

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Health Insurance

Sixty two percent of people living in Mount Calvary are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people living in Mount Calvary have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Thirteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Twenty nine percent of people in Mount Calvary frequently check their blood cholesterol. Nine 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 Mount Calvary use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Prescription Medications

Mount Calvary residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy five percent of people living in Mount Calvary have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Fifteen percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 3.8 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 14 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Mount Calvary residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty four percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Seventeen percent of males in Mount Calvary have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety eight percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy eight percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Forty one percent have ever had anal sex. Five percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Mount Calvary 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 11 women. He has vaginal sex with nine women. People living here were on average 21 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on two women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 2.0 men on average. They have had 1.4 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Mount Calvary 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. Seventeen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Mount Calvary has vaginal or anal sex 80 times a year. Forty five percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Mount Calvary 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. Fifty five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Thirteen percent of households in Mount Calvary 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

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty two percent of Mount Calvary residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty five percent of Mount Calvary 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 eight 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 three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Twenty seven 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 five 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 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 1.2 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Eight percent of Mount Calvary residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Six percent of people living here has anemia, sometimes called "tired blood" or "low blood". Thirty percent are overweight. Seventeen percent of people 60 years and older have difficulties in thinking or remembering that can make a big difference in everyday activities (this does not refer to occasionally forgetting your keys or the name of someone you recently met). This refers to things like confusion or memory loss that are happening more often or getting worse. Five percent of people living in Mount Calvary have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. One percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Six percent have another thyroid problem. One percent have ever had chronic bronchitis. One percent of people had any kind of liver condition. Four percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Sixty eight percent of births in Mount Calvary were vaginal deliveries. Thirty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 97.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty one percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty two percent of women breastfeed their children. Ten percent of women in Mount Calvary have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Three percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty four percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Mount Calvary report their general health condition on average at 57 percent. Three percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Mount Calvary residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Eight percent of people living in Mount Calvary are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Mount Calvary spend $382 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 21 percent of their income. The average family in Mount Calvary spends $104 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $140 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income. They also spend $22 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Mount Calvary report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Nine percent of Mount Calvary population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty six 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 Mount Calvary had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Fifteen percent of Mount Calvary 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 Mount Calvary 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. Four percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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