Question 1

From 1900 to 2014 in the United States, overall death rates:

Accepted Answer

A) Decreased by about 25 percent 
B) Decreased by over 50 percent 
C) Increased by approximately 10 percent 
D) Increased by about 30 percent 
E) None of these 
A) Decreased by about 25 percent 
B) Decreased by over 50 percent 
C) Increased by approximately 10 percent 
D) Increased by about 30 percent 
E) None of these

Question 2

The leading cancer cause of death for American females is:

Accepted Answer

A) Prostate cancer 
B) Colon and rectal cancer 
C) Lung and bronchial cancer 
D) Pancreatic cancer 
E) None of these 
A) Prostate cancer 
B) Colon and rectal cancer 
C) Lung and bronchial cancer 
D) Pancreatic cancer 
E) None of these

Question 3

A common factor found in persons with AIDS is:

Accepted Answer

A) Immune system dysfunction 
B) Dementia 
C) Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia 
D) Hemophilia 
E) Kaposi's sarcoma 
A) Immune system dysfunction 
B) Dementia 
C) Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia 
D) Hemophilia 
E) Kaposi's sarcoma

Question 4

Where do most Americans now die in our society? Why?

Accepted Answer

Most Americans now die in hospitals or o

Question 5

The crude or unadjusted death rate for males in the United States in 2014_________.

Accepted Answer

A) was approximately 8.0 per 1,000 
B) nearly 50 percent higher than the comparable rate for females 
C) reached a new low of 724.6 deaths per 100,000 
D) was significantly lower than the comparable rate for females 
E) None of these 
A) was approximately 8.0 per 1,000 
B) nearly 50 percent higher than the comparable rate for females 
C) reached a new low of 724.6 deaths per 100,000 
D) was significantly lower than the comparable rate for females 
E) None of these

Question 6

In 2016, the CDC estimated that the number of persons newly infected or living with HIV disease in the United States was_________.

Accepted Answer

A) 750,000 
B) 1.2 million 
C) more than 8 million 
D) nearly 20 million 
E) 40.6 million 
A) 750,000 
B) 1.2 million 
C) more than 8 million 
D) nearly 20 million 
E) 40.6 million

Question 7

The vignette near the beginning of Chapter 2 explained that Bryan Lee Curtis wanted to:

Accepted Answer

A) Support smoking cigarettes as a personal choice 
B) Provide people with information about the dangers of smokeless tobacco use 
C) Teach people how to die 
D) Change personal attitudes, behaviors, and values related to smoking cigarettes 
E) Leave behind a happy legacy for his wife and son 
A) Support smoking cigarettes as a personal choice 
B) Provide people with information about the dangers of smokeless tobacco use 
C) Teach people how to die 
D) Change personal attitudes, behaviors, and values related to smoking cigarettes 
E) Leave behind a happy legacy for his wife and son

Question 8

Encounters with death can be studied by looking at:

Accepted Answer

A) Death rates 
B) Average life expectancy 
C) Deaths caused by communicable diseases 
D) Dying trajectories 
E) All of these 
A) Death rates 
B) Average life expectancy 
C) Deaths caused by communicable diseases 
D) Dying trajectories 
E) All of these

Question 9

The overall, age-adjusted death rate for the United States in 2014_________.

Accepted Answer

A) reached a record-low historical figure 
B) represented a decrease of approximately one percent from the 2013 rate 
C) was 724.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population 
D) All of these 
E) None of these 
A) reached a record-low historical figure 
B) represented a decrease of approximately one percent from the 2013 rate 
C) was 724.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population 
D) All of these 
E) None of these

Question 10

Death rates in the United States are or have been lowest for:

Accepted Answer

A) Males in 1900 
B) Males in 2014 
C) Females in 1900 
D) Females in 2014 
E) None of these 
A) Males in 1900 
B) Males in 2014 
C) Females in 1900 
D) Females in 2014 
E) None of these

From 1900 to 2014 in the United States, overall death rates:

The leading cancer cause of death for American females is:

A common factor found in persons with AIDS is:

Where do most Americans now die in our society? Why?

The crude or unadjusted death rate for males in the United States in 2014_________.

In 2016, the CDC estimated that the number of persons newly infected or living with HIV disease in the United States was_________.

The vignette near the beginning of Chapter 2 explained that Bryan Lee Curtis wanted to:

Encounters with death can be studied by looking at:

The overall, age-adjusted death rate for the United States in 2014_________.

Death rates in the United States are or have been lowest for:

Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Aided Death: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Aid in Dying

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders

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Exam 2: Changing Encounters With Death

From 1900 to 2014 in the United States, overall death rates:

The leading cancer cause of death for American females is:

A common factor found in persons with AIDS is:

Where do most Americans now die in our society? Why?

The crude or unadjusted death rate for males in the United States in 2014_________.

In 2016, the CDC estimated that the number of persons newly infected or living with HIV disease in the United States was_________.

The vignette near the beginning of Chapter 2 explained that Bryan Lee Curtis wanted to:

Encounters with death can be studied by looking at:

The overall, age-adjusted death rate for the United States in 2014_________.

Death rates in the United States are or have been lowest for:

Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Aided Death: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Aid in Dying

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders

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