Community health has three common characteristics: status, structure, and process. Commu-nity health in terms of status involves biological, emotional and social parts. How is the bio-logical part often measured?
1. Race/ethnicity
2. Traditional morbidity and mortality rates
3. Policy making and social change
4. Homicide rates
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Biological community health is often measured by traditional morbidity and mortality rates, which can be found in The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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What will be an ideal response?
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