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The following graph shows the leading causes of death among Americans in 2007.

Image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health (2007)
CLRD = Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease


Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the graph?
A.
More Americans died from either heart disease or cancer in 2007 than all other causes combined.
B.
More people in America died from Alzheimer's disease in 2007 than in any other country.
C.
More Americans died from cancer in 2007 than strokes, injuries, and CLRD combined.
D.
Fewer people in America die from unintentional injuries today than they did in 2007.

The following graph shows the leading causes of death among Americans in 2007. Image-example-1
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The answer is C, more people died from cancer than strokes, injuries, and CLRD combined in 2007
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