Which of the following is true?
a. ?White women live longer than white men, but African-American men live longer than African-American women.
b. ?African-American women live longer than African-American men, but white men live longer than white women.
c. ?Among both African Americans and whites, men live longer than women.
d. ?The same diseases are the most common causes of death among both men and women.
e. ?At each age, men have higher levels than women of nonfatal chronic diseases.
ANSWER:
d
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