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cdr_15

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In America today, what is a fact about chronic diseases?
 
  A) They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now as infectious diseases caused in the past.
  B) They cause the majority of deaths now, but a lower percentage than infectious diseases once did.
  C) They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now to the percentage that infectious diseases cause now.
  D) They cause a very low percentage of actual deaths, but many people are living with them now.

Question 2

During the first few years of the 21st century, deaths from some chronic diseases in the United States
 
  A) began to rise more rapidly than during the previous 50 years.
  B) began to decrease while deaths not due to lifestyles began to increase.
  C) began to increase while deaths not due to lifestyles began to decrease.
  D) were replaced by acute diseases as the leading cause of death.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B



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