HD (Huntington's disease), 108-109
Head and neck examinations, 56
Health
defined, 1
indicators, 6t, 8t
keys to, 164-166
promotion, 43-44
self-assessed status, 14-15, 31f, 42f, 155, 156f, 157f
Healthy People 2010 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), 54
Heart attacks, 63-64
Heart transplants, 66-67
High blood pressure, 67, 74-75, 75t-76t
Hispanic Americans
alcohol consumption, 166(f10.20)
birth rates, 3t, 4t-5t
cancer incidence rates, 79t-81t
cancer screening, 78t
cardiovascular diseases, mortality rates for, 69t-71t
cerebrovascular diseases, mortality from, 72t-74t
death rates for all causes, 36t-39t
exercise, 161(f10.10)
fertility rates, 3t
hypertension, 75t-76t
infant health indicators, 8t
infant mortality, 16t-18t
leading causes of death, 25t-31t
low birthweight, 12t, 13t
obesity, 163(f10.13)
prenatal care, 9t-10t
respiratory diseases, 87t-89t
self-assessed health status, 42(f1.9)
sickle cell disease prevalence, 111t
smoking, 165(f10.17)
suicide, death rates for, 140t-142t
"Years of potential life lost" (YPLL), 32t-35t
HIV/AIDS, 122-128, 124t, 125t, 126f, 127t
Homeopathic medicine, 147-148
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), 99, 151-152
HRT (Hormone replacement therapy), 99, 151-152
Human embryonic stem cell research, 101
Huntington's disease, 108-109
Hypertension, 67, 74-75, 75t-76t
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