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Smoking was the leading risk factor for death in high-income countries in 2004,
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

Which of the following does not occur in the course of the Epidemiologic Transition?
 
  a) Death rates from communicable diseases as a whole decline.
  b) An increasing proportion of deaths are from non-communicable causes of death.
  c) Death rates from non-communicable diseases as a whole increase.
  d) Death rates from non-communicable diseases a as whole decrease.



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Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

c



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