Health and Nutrition of Arpin, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty seven percent of Arpin residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 16 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 two 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 one of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat five frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Arpin 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). Forty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Arpin residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 38 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 19 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Arpin residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 154 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Twenty five percent of people living here are obese. Forty four percent have ever been obese. Thirty eight percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty four percent of Arpin residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Fifty one percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Fifty one percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Thirty eight percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Thirteen percent of people living in Arpin have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Fifty percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Arpin 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

Forty five percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Twenty five percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Twelve percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Fifty two percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Thirteen percent of people living in Arpin 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. Thirty one percent of people in Arpin frequently check their blood cholesterol. Twenty five 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 four percent of people living in Arpin use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty eight percent of Arpin residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Sixty three percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Fifty percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Eighty eight percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Seventy five percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Sixty three 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

Arpin residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Arpin have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.9 days per month on average. They have 6.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety nine percent of Arpin residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety nine percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Ninety four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fourteen percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Arpin were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 23 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Arpin were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. The average person in Arpin has vaginal or anal sex 33 times a year. Females in Arpin 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 10 men on average. They have had eight 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 Arpin use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Thirteen percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Twenty three percent of Arpin residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Sixty nine percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. 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 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 1.0 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Twenty five percent are overweight. Thirteen 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. Thirteen percent of people living in Arpin have ever received a blood transfusion. Fifty percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Nineteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Thirteen percent have another thyroid problem. Six percent have ever had cancer or a malignancy of any kind.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty three percent of births in Arpin were vaginal deliveries. Seventeen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty two percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Thirty three percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirteen percent of women in Arpin have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Thirteen percent had both of their ovaries removed (either when they had their uterus removed or at another time). Sixty three percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Twenty five percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Arpin report their general health condition on average at 38 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 25 percent of Arpin residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Arpin spend $457 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 Arpin spends $160 on food at other stores monthly. This is eight percent of their income. They spend $126 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is six percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Arpin report their general condition of hearing on average at 79 percent. Eighty one 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. Eighty eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Thirty eight percent of Arpin population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty 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.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Nineteen percent of Arpin 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. Nineteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Twenty five percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion.

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