A nurse researcher is planning to study the relationship between racial background and the risk of developing the leading cause of death in the United States. The nurse would collect data on which group of diseases?

Question

1. Renal insufficiency and failure
2. Cardiovascular illnesses
3. Communicable diseases
4. Cancer

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Rationale 1: Renal insufficiency and failure is a common cause of death in the United States but is not the leading cause.
Rationale 2: Cardiovascular disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States since 1900 in every year except 1918. Pandemic influenza caused more deaths in 1918.
Rationale 3: Communicable diseases are not the leading cause of death in the United States, although they are the leading cause in some areas of the world.
Rationale 4: Cancer is not the leading cause of death in the United States.