What Can Be Interpreted from the Figure Below About the Lifetime

question 33

Multiple Choice

What can be interpreted from the figure below about the lifetime probability of death by selected causes?

• A)The top three causes of death are caused by risks that are controlled by genetics as well as by lifestyle or environment.
• B)There is a greater risk of death in flying in an airplane than driving a car.
• C)All the top five causes of death are caused purely by stochastic (random)events and cannot be changed by behavior.
• D)All of these causes of death are risks that are solely controlled by environment.

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