​Why Has the Percentage of Deaths Due to Infectious Diseases

question 79

Multiple Choice

​Why has the percentage of deaths due to infectious diseases dropped from 1970 to 2010?

• A) ​The use of pesticides has become increasingly effective at killing biological threats.
• B) ​There are fewer people living in poverty as nations become more developed.
• C) Less people live in disease-prone areas.
• D) ​Public health education campaigns have been successful at prevention.
• E) ​A growing number of children were immunized against the major infectious diseases.

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