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Index - S

SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), 129

(SCD) sickle cell disease, 110-112

Schizophrenia, 135-136

Screening and diagnostic testing
     Alzheimer's disease, 103
     blood tests, 59
     breast and cervical cancer, 47, 49, 49f
     breast cancer, 60, 83
     cancer, 76-77, 77t, 78t
     colon and rectal cancer, 81, 83, 84f
     cystic fibrosis, 109-110
     diagnostic procedures, 60
     imaging techniques, 59-60
     laboratory tests, 59
     neonatal, 105-106
     prenatal, 5, 60-61, 106-107
     procedures, 60
     prostate cancer, 86
     reliability and validity, 58-59
     sensitivity and specificity, 59
     sickle cell disease, 111

Secondary disease prevention, 46-49

Secondhand smoke, 78, 80

Self-assessed health status, 14-15, 31f, 42f, 155, 156f, 157f

Self-care movement, 163-164

Self-help groups, 164

Sensitivity and diagnostic testing, 59

Sentinel lymph node biopsy, 85

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 129

Sickle cell disease (SCD), 110-112

Side effects
     antidepressants, 134t
     HIV/AIDS treatment, 127

Skin cancer, 85-86

SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus), 95-96

Smoking
     heart disease, 67
     low birthweight, 13t
     lung cancer, 78, 80
     overview, 162
     prevalence, 163(f10.14), 164f, 165(f10.17)

Social phobias, 137

Social relationships, 164-165

Social wellness, 1

Specificity and diagnostic testing, 59

Spina bifida, 8, 14f

Spiritual wellness, 1

Statistical information
     AIDS cases, 124t, 126f
     AIDS diagnoses, 127t
     alcohol consumption, 165(f10.18), 166f
     asthma prevalence, 90f, 91f
     birth rates, United States, 3t, 4t-5t
     cancer incidence rates, 79t-81t
     cancer screening, 78t
     cardiovascular diseases, mortality rates for, 69t-71t
     cerebrovascular diseases, mortality from, 72t-74t
     chronic conditions causing limitation of activity, 92f
     clinical preventive services for adults, 48f
     colorectal screening, 81, 83, 84f
     death rates for all causes, 36t-39t
     diabetes prevalence, 50f, 51(f2.5), 52f
     disabilities by condition, 97t
     disease burden in established market economies, 133(t 8.3)
     exercise, 160(f10.8), 161f
     folic acid use and knowledge, 15f
     health indicators for newborns, 6t
     HIV infection, 125t
     hypertension, 75t-76t
     infant health indicators, 8t
     infectious diseases, reported cases of, 115t-116t
     influenza vaccinations, 159t, 160(f10.7)
     leading causes of death, 25t-31t, 40t-41t, 64t-65t
     life expectancy, 24t
     low birthweight, 11f, 12t, 13t
     Lyme disease cases, 128f
     new cancer cases, 82t
     new diabetes cases, 51(f2.6)
     obesity, 162f, 163(f10.13)
     population projections, 98f
     prenatal care, 6f, 7f, 9t-10t
     respiratory diseases, 87t-89t
     self-assessed health status, 31f, 42f, 156f, 157f
     sickle cell disease prevalence, 111t
     smoking, 164f, 165(f10.17)
     spina bifida rates, 14f
     state newborn screening programs, 105t
     suicide, death rates for, 140t-142t
     therapeutic and preventive services, 146t
     tuberculosis cases, 123t
     "Years of potential life lost" (YPLL), 32t-35t

Stem cell research, 101

Steroids, 152

Stress and heart disease, 67

Stroke, 69-74, 72t-74t

Suicide, 139-144, 140t-142t
     See also Depression

Surveys
     alternative medicine, 146
     self-assessed health status, 14-15, 31f, 42f, 155, 156f, 157f

Symptoms
     Alzheimer's disease, 103
     depression, 133(t 8.2)
     mania, 133(t 8.2)
     sickle cell disease, 110-111
     Tay-Sachs disease, 112

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 95-96

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