Which of the following is correct?
a. more female adolescents die each year than male adolescents
b. more male adolescents die each year than female adolescents
c. more African-American adolescents die each year than Caucasian-American adolescents
d. more Hispanic-American adolescents die each year than African-American adolescents
e. more Native-American adolescents die each year than African-American adolescents
Question 2Which of the following statements about U.S. adolescents is least likely to be true?
a. adolescents in general are very healthy individuals
b. adolescents as a group have a low death rate
c. adolescents die mostly from human-induced causes
d. some adolescents die from natural causes
e. HIV infection is rising in relative significance as a leading cause of death among adolescents
Question 3What is distinctive about the three leading causes of death among American adolescents 15- 24 years of age or older?
a. they are all human-induced
b. they do not include HIV infection
c. they all involve extended dying trajectories
d. most of their accidental deaths do not involve motor vehicles
e. they included heart disease
Question 4Among adolescents 15 years of age and older in the United States the second leading cause of death in 2007 was
a. cancer
b. suicide
c. homicide
d. accidents
e. HIV infection
Question 5The most common natural cause of death among American adolescents as a whole is
a. accidents
b. appendicitis
c. HIV infection
d. suicide
e. none of the above
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