The morbidity and mortality rates for Indigenous people living in urban areas is generally:
a. worse than their remote counterparts.
b. better than their remote counterparts.
c. about the same as their remote counterparts.
d. not known.
c
Indigenous people in all areas experience similarly poor
health status, and the morbidity and mortality rates experienced by Indigenous peoples living in urban areas are far
closer to those for Indigenous people living in remote areas
than they are to those for non-Indigenous people in any area.
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A) "I should prick the tip of my finger to get the blood." B) "I should clean my finger with warm, soapy water." C) "I should massage my finger to get a hanging drop of blood." D) "I should avoid smearing the blood on the test strip."
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