Health Profile of Wildomar, California

Wildomar Health Score

The Map AI Health Index is a score that reflects local life expectancy, disease rates, healthcare access, and physical environment to help you quickly compare the overall health and well-being of different areas.

  • B
    Wildomar Around average

Source: Map AI Methodology

General Health Overview

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Metric Wildomar California Avg US Average
Life Expectancy (years) 79.2 79.6 78.3
Uninsured Population (%) 7.5% 6.6% 8.4%
Self-Rated Poor Health 14.7% 16.4% 16.3%

Life expectancy in Wildomar is 79.2 years, about 0.4 years shorter than the California average of 79.6 years. The uninsured rate is 7.5%, higher than the California average of 6.6%. Self-rated poor health is reported by 14.7% of residents, lower than the California average of 16.4%.

Population by Age

Older residents

12,308 residents in Wildomar are age 50 or older.

  • 85+ 594 244 men · 350 women
  • 75–84 1,477 670 men · 807 women
  • 65–74 2,723 1,292 men · 1,430 women
  • 50–64 7,515 3,777 men · 3,738 women

Younger residents

11,135 residents in Wildomar are age 17 or younger.

  • 12–17 3,498 1,875 boys · 1,623 girls
  • 7–12 3,344 1,809 boys · 1,535 girls
  • 3–7 2,494 1,286 boys · 1,208 girls
  • 0–3 1,799 905 boys · 894 girls
Beyond life expectancy

About 1,394 residents in Wildomar (3.2% of the population) are older than the area's life expectancy of 79.2 years.

79.2 yrs
Age 0 Age 100

The highlighted slice of the age axis is the share of residents older than the life-expectancy mark.

Disease Prevalence

Disease / Condition Wildomar California Avg US Average
Diabetes 9.1% 10.5% 11.3%
Cancer 5.0% 6.3% 6.9%
Heart Diseases 5.0% 6.4% 7.1%
Adult Obesity 33.2% 30.6% 34.3%

The rate of heart disease in Wildomar is about 22% lower than in California. The rate of cancer in Wildomar is about 20% lower than in California.

Health Behaviors

Behavior Wildomar California Avg US Average
Smokers 14.4% 13.9% 19.0%
Binge Drinking 20.3% 18.0% 16.5%
Sedentary Lifestyle 19.4% 21.9% 25.1%

On average, health behaviors in Wildomar are about the same as in California.

Assuming each smoker smokes 10 cigarettes a day, that's about 45,818 cigarettes a day, 1.4 million a month, or 16.7 million a year! At 11 minutes* of life lost per cigarette, that's about 504,001 minutes a day and 184.0 million a year lost to smoking overall - and since life expectancy in Wildomar is 79.2 years, that's roughly equivalent to 0.01 lifetimes a day, or 4.42 lifetimes a year.

* Source: Shaw M, Mitchell R, Dorling D. "Time for a smoke? One cigarette reduces your life by 11 minutes." BMJ. 2000;320:53.

Illustrative only. This is not an estimate of how many people actually die from smoking each day or year - it's a rough, order-of-magnitude comparison meant to help grasp the scale of smoking in this area. We take no responsibility for any decisions made based on this figure.

Air Quality

Metric Wildomar California Avg US Average
Air Pollution (μg/m³) 10.46 7.63 6.09

With an annual average of 10.5 µg/m³ of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), air quality in Wildomar is moderate — acceptable air quality, though unusually sensitive individuals may notice effects.

Wildomar, CA Health Compared With Nearby Cities

Wildomar, CA is the smallest of the 4 cities compared here, 42,987 residents against a local median of 101,126. The measure that sets Wildomar, CA apart most is uninsured: 7.5%, 42% above the local median of 5.3%. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The cities themselves spread 1.9% on uninsured, so Wildomar, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Wildomar, CA has the 4th lowest uninsured of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population Life expectancy Uninsured Obesity
Wildomar, CA 42,987 79.2 yrs #2/4 7.5% #4/4 33.2% #3/4
Murrieta, CA 101,126 81.8 yrs 4.9% 30.9%
Lake Elsinore, CA 70,235 77.8 yrs 6.8% 35.9%
Menifee, CA 108,405 78.7 yrs 5.3% 32.1%

Conclusion

Considering all these factors, Wildomar, California has an overall health index grade of B, making it somewhat better than California, and somewhat better than the country as a whole.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about health in Wildomar, California.

Is Wildomar, California a healthy place to live?

Wildomar, California has a Map AI Health Index grade of B, based on life expectancy, disease rates, healthcare access, and the physical environment; a B grade means residents are somewhat healthier than the U.S. average.

How long do people live in Wildomar, California?

People in Wildomar, California can expect to live 79.2 years on average, about the same as the California average of 79.6.

What is the uninsured rate in Wildomar, California?

7.5% of residents in Wildomar, California have no health insurance, about 1 in 13 people, 0.9 points above the California rate of 6.6%.

How common is obesity in Wildomar, California?

33.2% of adults in Wildomar, California are classified as obese, about 1 in 3, 2.6 points above the California rate of 30.6%.

How many cigarettes do smokers in Wildomar, California go through, and how much life does that cost?

Assuming each smoker smokes 10 cigarettes a day, that's about 45,818 cigarettes a day, 1.4 million a month, or 16.7 million a year! At 11 minutes* of life lost per cigarette, that's about 504,001 minutes a day and 184.0 million a year lost to smoking overall - and since life expectancy in Wildomar is 79.2 years, that's roughly equivalent to 0.01 lifetimes a day, or 4.42 lifetimes a year.

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