Which of the Following Is an Effect of Childhood Immunizations

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an effect of childhood immunizations?

• A) They have completely eliminated diphtheria, but minimal change exists for other serious childhood illnesses.
• B) They have NOT statistically reduced the number of serious childhood illnesses since the 1990s.
• C) They have completely eliminated most serious childhood illnesses.
• D) They have greatly reduced the incidence of fatal childhood illnesses.

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Definitions:

Variability

The extent to which data points in a statistical distribution or data set diverge from the average or mean value.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how spread out the values are from the average.

Deviations

Differences between observed values and the average of those values in a dataset.