Which of the following statements acccurately describes the correlation between adverse childhood experiences and life expectancy ?
A. People who were under six years of age when their parents divorced live ten years less than children from intact families.
B. People who reported six or more adverse childhood events die nearly twenty years earlier than estimates of life expectancy.
C. People who experienced traumatic childhood events are most likely to die from Alzheimer's disease.
D. Risk of death is 57 percent higher in women who experienced two or more adverse childhood experiences than it is in women who reported no adverse childhood events.
Answer: B
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