Health and Nutrition of Blue Mounds, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty eight percent of Blue Mounds residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 14 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 two of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "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 Blue Mounds 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). Six percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirty six percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Blue Mounds residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 53 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 Blue Mounds residents 16 years and older is 68 inches. The average weight is 165 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28. Thirty two percent of people living here are obese. Thirty six percent have ever been obese. Thirty three percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty seven percent of Blue Mounds residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Twenty seven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Twenty six percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Nine percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

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

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Blue Mounds 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

Fourteen percent of Blue Mounds 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. Sixty one percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Fifteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Seven percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Nineteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

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

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Eleven percent of people living in Blue Mounds have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Nineteen percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Forty percent of people in Blue Mounds frequently check their blood cholesterol.

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Dermatology

Twenty six percent of people living in Blue Mounds use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Seventeen percent of Blue Mounds residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Eighteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Forty three percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Fifty three percent of people often feel tired or have little energy. Fifteen percent are bothered by poor appetite or overeating. Nine percent often feel badly about themselves, that they are a failure or have let themselves or their families down. Ten percent have trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching TV. Six 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

Blue Mounds residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Ninety five percent of people living in Blue Mounds have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.3 days per month on average. They have 3.5 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 20 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Hundred percent of Blue Mounds residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety three percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Forty nine percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Eight percent of males in Blue Mounds 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. Eighty four percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty two percent have ever had anal sex. Eight percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Blue Mounds 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 25 women. He has vaginal sex with 24 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on eight women. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 3.8 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Blue Mounds were 21 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. The average person in Blue Mounds has vaginal or anal sex 75 times a year. Forty seven percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Blue Mounds 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. Seventy one percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Thirty nine percent of Blue Mounds residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirty three percent of Blue Mounds 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. Fifty two 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. Twenty two percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Forty six 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 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 1.8 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Nine percent of Blue Mounds residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty percent are overweight. Nineteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Eleven percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Four percent have ever been told they had gout. Eight percent have ever had a heart attack, also called myocardial infarction. Two percent of people had any kind of liver condition.

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Reproductive Health

Fifty one percent of births in Blue Mounds were vaginal deliveries. Forty nine percent of deliveries were cesarean. 96.7 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty nine percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Eighty six percent of women breastfeed their children. Eighty four percent have ever taken birth control pills for any reason. Five percent of women are currently taking birth control pills. Twenty three percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Blue Mounds report their general health condition on average at 62 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 44 percent of Blue Mounds residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Blue Mounds spend $435 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 17 percent of their income. The average family in Blue Mounds spends $119 on food at other stores monthly. This is five percent of their income. They spend $236 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is seven percent of their income. They also spend $32 monthly on carried out or delivered food. This is one percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Blue Mounds report their general condition of hearing on average at 87 percent. Ninety 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. Ninety eight percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Nineteen percent of Blue Mounds population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Thirty nine 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. Fourteen percent of people in Blue Mounds had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

Twenty two percent of Blue Mounds 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 Blue Mounds 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. Thirty one percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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