The population health nurse is preparing a seminar on men's health issues for a community organization. For the presentation the nurse should explain that men are ________ as likely as women to die from heart disease and ________ times more likely
to commit suicide.
1. Three times, four.
2. Four times, two.
3. Twice, four.
4. Twice, six.
Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Men are twice as likely as women to die from heart disease and four times more likely to commit suicide. The mortality rate from heart disease is not greater than twice that of females. The mortality rate from suicide is greater than twice; however, not as great as six times that of females.
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