Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. More than half of the national health care expenditures go toward prevention.
2. A higher percentage of white Americans have diabetes than do Hispanic Americans.
3. Poverty is linked to obesity.
4. Death rates for cardiovascular disease are higher among white Americans than among African Americans.
5. Chronic diseases account for 25 percent of all deaths in the United States.


1. false
2. false
3. true
4. false
5. falkse

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