A nurse is asked the most frequently cited reason for death in the world. How should the nurse reply?
a. Technological advances
b. Old age
c. Cancer
d. Poverty
D
Poverty is still deadlier than any disease and is the most frequently cited reason for death in the world today. Technological advances, old age, and cancer are not the most cited reason for death.
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