1 Sauk County How Healthy is Sauk County?

2 HW 2020 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

3 Selected Priorities Chronic Disease Physical Activity Access to Care – Oral Health Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

4 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

5 Ten Most Common Causes of Death Among Sauk County Residents, Sauk County 1Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) 2All Other Diseases (Residual) 3Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke) 4Malignant Neoplasms of Trachea, Bronchus and Lung 5All Other Forms of Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease 6All Other Forms of Heart Disease 7Heart Failure 8Other Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 9Pneumonia 10Alzheimer’s Disease Source: Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health

6 Sauk County - Chronic Disease Prevention and Management

7 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

8 Sauk County - Physical Activity (and Nutrition)

9 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

10 BMI of Adults in Sauk County Sauk CountyWisconsin 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

Age-Adjusted Estimates of the Percent of Adults (> 20 years of age) Who are Obese Source: National Diabetes Surv. System Sauk County 30%

12 Sauk County - Access to High-Quality Health Services, specifically Oral Health

13 Oral Health in Sauk County Percentage of Adults in Sauk County with a Dental Visit in the Past Year ( ) – 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 ( ) – 42% (40% in WI) Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

14 Medicaid Population and Access to Dentists in Sauk County, FY2008 Total Medicaid Population8,779 Medicaid Population Obtaining Dental Services1,738 Percent of Medicaid Population Obtaining Dental Services19.8% Total Medicaid Certified Dentists34 Source: Forward Health

15 Sauk County – Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

16 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

17 0 to to to Percent of Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes in the County Wisconsin 6.7% Percent of Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Sauk County 6.8%

18 Sauk County - Other Important Issues

19 Injuries Cause of Injury HospitalizationNumberSauk Rate per 100,000 WI Rate per 100,000 Falls1, Poisoning Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash (occupant, motorcyclist bicyclist, pedestrian, other) Struck by or Against Object or Person Nontraffic (bicyclist, pedestrian, other)

20 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%)

21 For more information, contact: Jennifer Ullsvik