In the United States, which aggregates have the most physician contacts each year?
1. Infants and small children and elders
2. Elders and those with incomes greater than $50,000
3. Young and middle-aged women and infants and small children
4. Middle-aged and elderly men and those with incomes greater than $50,000
ANS: 1
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