In the Early Twenty-First Century, Many People in the Less-Developed

question 54

Multiple Choice

In the early twenty-first century, many people in the less-developed world still died from malnutrition and infectious diseases, despite improvements in health care through the increased use of vaccines and Western medicine; in the West,

• A) noncontagious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and depression were more lethal.
• B) there was no malnutrition, and infectious diseases had been entirely eradicated.
• C) despite propaganda attempts to claim otherwise, the health situation was similar to that of the developing world.
• D) women were far more likely than men to die of malnutrition and infectious diseases.

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