Health and Nutrition of Stoddard, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Eighty percent of Stoddard residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal nine 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 one 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.

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Oral Health

The average Stoddard 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 two percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Eight percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Stoddard residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 45 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 18 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Stoddard residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 175 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Forty five percent of people living here are obese. Thirty nine percent have ever been obese. Thirty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Twenty five percent of Stoddard residents have ever used marijuana or hashish.

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Diabetes

Twenty four percent of people living in Stoddard have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty nine percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years. Two percent of city residents are currently taking insulin.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Stoddard 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

Seventy four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twenty one percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Nine percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

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

Twenty one percent of people living in Stoddard use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty one percent of Stoddard residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirty one percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Forty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Twenty three percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Twenty one 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. Twenty two 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

Stoddard residents on average take four prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Seventy eight percent of people living in Stoddard have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.5 days per month on average. They have 5.1 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 18 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Stoddard residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Thirty one percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. People in Stoddard were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Stoddard were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Stoddard has vaginal or anal sex 45 times a year.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Seventy four percent of Stoddard residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Twenty nine percent of Stoddard 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. Fifty three percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. 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. People living here spend eight 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 four 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 0.6 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty eight percent of Stoddard residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Two percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Forty five percent are overweight. Twenty five percent of people living in Stoddard have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty two percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirty three percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. One percent have angina, also called angina pectoris.

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Current Health Status

People living in Stoddard report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Stoddard residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Stoddard spend $289 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Stoddard spends $138 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $52 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is three percent of their income. They also spend $10 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Stoddard report their general condition of hearing on average at 76 percent. Seventy five 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. Nineteen percent of Stoddard population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Forty five 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. Forty eight percent of people in Stoddard had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Fifty seven percent of Stoddard 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. Fifty eight percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Four percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Twenty one 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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