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The leading cause of death in the United States
 
  A) is due to acute, infectious disease.
  B) is due to risky sexual behaviors.
  C) has shifted from cardiovascular disease to cancer.
  D) has shifted from acute to chronic diseases.

Question 2

How do the numbers of Americans dying each year from chronic diseases compare to the numbers of Americans living with chronic diseases each year?
 
  A) About 65 times as many people die from them as live with them every year.
  B) About 65 times as many people live with them as die from them every year.
  C) About the same number of people live with them as die from them in a year.
  D) About 10 times as many people live with them as die from them every year.


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mcabuhat

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


cabate

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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