Different from the Statistics in the United States, Many Children

question 159

Multiple Choice

Different from the statistics in the United States, many children from other countries die of:

• A) second-hand smoke.
• B) preventable infectious diseases.
• C) sudden infant death syndrome.
• D) cardiovascular disease.

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Definitions:

HIV Virus

Incorrectly redundant term; HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and interferes with the body's ability to fight infections.

Standard Deviation

A numerical value that represents the extent of spread or variability among a set of data points.

Blood Samples

Biological specimens of blood taken for testing, analysis, or transfusion purposes.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that quantifies the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.