Compared with urban dwellers, for people living in rural areas health risks such as smoking, alcohol consumption and environmental dangers are:
a. about the same.
b. greater.
c. less.
d. not known.
b
Health risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption and environmental dangers are greater in rural areas,
as are rates of injury (including particularly high rates of
child accidents) and chronic conditions (especially asthma
and diabetes).
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