Health and Nutrition of Soldiers Grove, WI Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Forty four percent of Soldiers Grove residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 19 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 three 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 one "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Soldiers Grove 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). Thirty eight percent of people living here 30 years of age and older, are embarrassed because of their teeth, mouth or dentures. Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Soldiers Grove 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 five days per week. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of five days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 28 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Soldiers Grove residents 16 years and older is 64 inches. The average weight is 167 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 29. Thirty eight percent of people living here are obese. Forty seven percent have ever been obese. Forty nine percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Sixty percent of Soldiers Grove 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. Fifteen percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Six percent of people living in Soldiers Grove have ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they have diabetes. Twenty five percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Soldiers Grove 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

Seventeen percent of Soldiers Grove 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. Forty three percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Thirty three percent have lost consciousness because of a head injury. Thirty three percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull. Thirty seven percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Fifty seven percent of people living in Soldiers Grove are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Ten percent of people take their blood pressure at home.

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Dermatology

Thirty three percent of people living in Soldiers Grove use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

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

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Alcohol use

Eighty one percent of people living in Soldiers Grove 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 3.6 days per month on average. They have 5.7 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 Soldiers Grove residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Seventy eight percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Sixty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Thirty four percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Fifteen percent of males in Soldiers Grove 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. Sixty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty percent have ever had anal sex. Thirteen percent of females have ever had any kind of sex with a woman. People in Soldiers Grove 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 14 women. He has vaginal sex with 10 women. People living here were on average 19 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. Males in their lifetime have anal or oral sex with 1.3 men on average. They have had 0.7 anal sex partners in their lifetime. People in Soldiers Grove were 17 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. Seventeen percent of people use protection, like a condom or dental dam, while performing oral sex. The average person in Soldiers Grove has vaginal or anal sex 50 times a year. Thirty four percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Soldiers Grove 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had 11 male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 0.4 female sex partners in their lifetimes. Forty percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

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

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Sleep Disorders

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

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Fifty seven percent of Soldiers Grove residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Eighteen percent of Soldiers Grove 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. Twenty six 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 six percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirty eight 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 seven 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 three 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 1.9 hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Ten percent of Soldiers Grove 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". Six percent of people 16 years and older have ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had psoriasis. Twenty one percent are overweight. Seven percent of people living in Soldiers Grove have ever received a blood transfusion. Thirty three percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Thirteen percent of people 20 and older have arthritis. Six percent have coronary heart disease. Seven percent have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had a stroke. Three percent have another thyroid problem.

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Reproductive Health

Seventy four percent of births in Soldiers Grove were vaginal deliveries. Twenty six percent of deliveries were cesarean. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty four percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Forty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Thirteen percent of women in Soldiers Grove have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Seventy five 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. Thirteen percent have ever used female hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, including any forms of female hormones, such as pills, cream, patch and injections, but do not include birth control methods or use for infertility.

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Current Health Status

People living in Soldiers Grove report their general health condition on average at 56 percent. Four percent of them donate blood. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 32 percent of Soldiers Grove residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Four percent of people living in Soldiers Grove are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Soldiers Grove spend $388 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 59 percent of their income. The average family in Soldiers Grove spends $87 on food at other stores monthly. This is seven percent of their income. They spend $97 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is nine percent of their income. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Soldiers Grove report their general condition of hearing on average at 88 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. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Eighteen percent of Soldiers Grove 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. Nineteen percent of people in Soldiers Grove had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Preventive Aspirin Use

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

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Physical Functioning

Sixteen percent of Soldiers Grove 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. Eighteen percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems. Six percent have difficulty walking without using any special equipment. Seven percent are limited in any way because of difficulty remembering or because they experience periods of confusion. Seven 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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