Index - W

Warning signs
     cancer, 78
     diabetes, 91-92
     Parkinson's disease, 100
     suicide, 144

Weil, Andrew, 147

Wellness, 1-2, 164-166

West Nile virus, 128-129

WHCCAMP (White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy), 154

White 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
     life expectancy, 24t
     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

White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, 154

Women
     breast cancer, 47, 49, 49f, 83-85
     breast examinations, 57-58
     cervical cancer screening, 47, 49, 49f
     heart disease, 68
     osteoporosis, 97-99