Jackson Is Concerned Because on the Reserve Where He Has

question 84

Multiple Choice

Jackson is concerned because on the reserve where he has just gotten a job as a community health nurse, twice as many babies die before the age of one year than in the general Canadian population. What he is concerned about?

• A) the prenatal death rate
• B) the perinatal death rate
• C) the infant mortality rate
• D) the community mortality rate

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