Research examining the relationship between income level and how long people live shows that:
A) recent reductions in how long people live almost completely results from higher death rates among the wealthiest Americans.
B) The gap in how long people live between the poor and the wealthy has rapidly declined in recent years.
C) public health programs have nearly eliminated differences in how long people live among different income groups.
D) people at the top end of the income distribution continue to live a lot longer than people at the bottom end
Ans: D) people at the top end of the income distribution continue to live a lot longer than people at the bottom end
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