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Sauk County

How Healthy is Sauk County?

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HW 2020 Focus AreasHW2020 Focus Areas

– Access to High-Quality Health Services– Adequate, Appropriate, & Safe Food and Nutrition– Alcohol & Other Drug Use– Chronic Disease Prevention & Management– Communicable Disease Prevention & Control– Environmental & Occupational Health– Healthy Growth & Development– Injury & Violence– Mental Health– Oral Health– Physical Activity– Reproductive & Sexual Health– Tobacco Use & Exposure

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Selected Priorities

• Chronic Disease• Physical Activity• Access to Care – Oral Health• Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

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Population Demographics in Sauk County

• Population – 58,922 (2009 Estimate)

• By Age– 23% of the population is under 18 years of age– 15% of the population is 65 years of age and older

• By Education– 84% are high school graduates– 18% have received a bachelor’s degree of higher

• Household Income - $51,809• Poverty – 8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Ten Most Common Causes of Death Among Sauk County Residents, 2004-2008

  Sauk County 1 Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

2 All Other Diseases (Residual)3 Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke)4 Malignant Neoplasms of Trachea, Bronchus and Lung5 All Other Forms of Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease6 All Other Forms of Heart Disease7 Heart Failure8 Other Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases9 Pneumonia

10 Alzheimer’s Disease

Source: Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health

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Sauk County - Chronic Disease Prevention

and Management

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Chronic Disease• 22% of Sauk County residents have high

blood pressure• 59% of Sauk County residents have had

their cholesterol checked in the past year• 8.6% of Sauk County residents have

asthma• 7.4% of Sauk County residents have

diabetes

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

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Sauk County - Physical Activity (and Nutrition)

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Percent of Sauk County and Wisconsin Adults Who Eat Five or More Servings of Fruits and Vegetables per Day

Source: Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

20%

23%

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15%

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25%

Sauk County Wisconsin

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BMI of Adults in Sauk County

2005-2009 Sauk County Wisconsin

Normal (BMI under 25) 34% 37%

Overweight (BMI between 25 and 30)

36% 37%

Obese (BMI of 30 and over) 30% 26%

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

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2007 Age-Adjusted Estimates of the Percent of Adults (> 20 years of age)Who are Obese

Source: National Diabetes Surv. System

Sauk County 30%

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Sauk County - Access to High-Quality Health Services,

specifically Oral Health

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Oral Health in Sauk County

• Percentage of Adults in Sauk County with a Dental Visit in the Past Year (2005-2009)

– 64% (75% in WI)

• Percentage of Adults in Sauk County with at Least One Tooth Extracted Due to Decay/Gum Disease in the Past Year (2005-2009)

• – 42% (40% in WI)

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

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Medicaid Population and Access to Dentists in Sauk County, FY2008

Total Medicaid Population 8,779Medicaid Population Obtaining Dental Services 1,738Percent of Medicaid Population Obtaining Dental Services 19.8%

   Total Medicaid Certified Dentists 34

Source: Forward Health

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Sauk County – Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

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Alcohol Use – Sauk County• “During the past 30 days, have you had at least one

drink of any alcoholic beverage such as beer, wine, a malt beverage or liquor?” – 66% said Yes ( 68% in WI)

• “How many times during the past 30 days did you have 5 or more drinks on an occasion?” – 36% reported having 5 or more drinks on an occasion 1 or more

times during the past 30 days (35% in WI)

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

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0 to 6.36.4 to 8.88.9 to 19.1

2004-2008 - Percent of Alcohol-RelatedMotor Vehicle Crashes in the County

Wisconsin 6.7%

Percent of Alcohol-RelatedMotor Vehicle Crashes

Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Sauk County 6.8%

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Sauk County - Other Important Issues

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InjuriesCause of Injury Hospitalization Number Sauk

Rate per 100,000

WI Rate per

100,000Falls 1,491 500.5 424.5

Poisoning 313 105.1 121.2

Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash (occupant, motorcyclist bicyclist, pedestrian, other)

301 103.1 87.5

Struck by or Against Object or Person 111 37.3 32.5

Nontraffic (bicyclist, pedestrian, other) 95 32.6 28.1

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Pregnant Women

• Teens – Sauk County teens (women under 20 years of

age) have a birth rate of 34.1 per 1,000 (WI – 31.2)

• Smoking:– In 2008, 25% of pregnant women in Sauk

County smoked. (WI – 14%)

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For more information, contact:

Jennifer Ullsvik608.261.7826

jennifer.ullsvik@wi.gov