In a healthy population, the left and right sides of age-sex pyramids are symmetrical. Of the following, which is most likely to create an asymmetrical pyramid, i.e., to affect the shape of one side differently than the other?

A) war
B) baby boom
C) obesity
D) birth control
E) plague


Answer: A

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