The Graph Below Shows That After the Childhood Vaccination Program

question 7

Multiple Choice

The graph below shows that after the childhood vaccination program was initiated in the United Kingdom in 1999,the annual number of meningitis cases in children

• A) decreased to nearly zero by 2004, as did the meningitis rate for adults.
• B) increased to over 700 in 1999 before slowly decreasing in 2000, as did the meningitis rate for adults.
• C) did not decrease or increase; there was also no change in the meningitis rate for adults.
• D) decreased to zero by 2000, as did the meningitis rate for adults.

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