What Is the Most Important Predictor of Overall Mortality

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is the most important predictor of overall mortality?

• A) Race
• B) Age
• C) Gender
• D) Income

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Definitions:

Anthropologist

A scientist who studies human behavior, culture, evolution, and societies, both past and present, to understand the full sweep and complexity of cultures across all of human history.

Metaneeds

States of growth or being toward which self-actualizers evolve.

Metapathology

Theoretical or abstract forms of pathology that go beyond traditional conceptions, often exploring deeper or underlying psychological dysfunctions.

Maslow

Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs.