Health and Nutrition of Wilton, ND Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Wilton 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 six 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 four "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 Wilton 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). Fourteen 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). Wilton residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 49 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 three days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 29 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Wilton residents 16 years and older is 67 inches. The average weight is 182 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty three percent of people living here are obese. Forty seven percent have ever been obese. Thirty two percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Seventy seven percent of Wilton residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty five 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. Eleven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Twenty six percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Wilton 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

Twenty percent of Wilton 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. Twenty percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Twenty percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Dermatology

Fifteen percent of people living in Wilton use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty percent of Wilton residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Twenty nine percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty seven 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. Thirty three 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 seven 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. Four percent have thoughts that they would be better off dead or of hurting themselves in some way.

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Alcohol use

Eighty nine percent of people living in Wilton have at least one alcoholic drink per month. Five percent of people living here do not drink alcohol at all. People living here drink alcohol 4.8 days per month on average. They have 6.3 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 25 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Wilton residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Eighty seven percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy six percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty one percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Nine percent of males in Wilton 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. Hundred percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Wilton 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 12 women. People living here were on average 18 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on four women. People in Wilton were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Nine percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Wilton has vaginal or anal sex 78 times a year. Fifty percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Wilton 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with eight men on average. They have had eight male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Sixty one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty four percent of Wilton residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty five percent of Wilton 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 nine 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 eight percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty five 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. Fifty six 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 2.4 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Ten percent of Wilton residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Twenty six percent are overweight. Ten percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Two percent have coronary heart disease. Two percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty eight percent of births in Wilton were vaginal deliveries. Forty two percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Forty eight percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Thirty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Wilton report their general health condition on average at 61 percent. Nine percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 35 percent of Wilton residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Wilton are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Wilton spend $333 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 25 percent of their income. The average family in Wilton spends $94 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $141 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is 15 percent of their income. They also spend $23 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is three percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Wilton report their general condition of hearing on average at 84 percent. Eighty four 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. Thirteen percent of Wilton population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty 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. Twenty six percent of people in Wilton had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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