A Community Health Nurse Is Preparing a Presentation for a Community

Multiple Choice

A community health nurse is preparing a presentation for a community group about tuberculosis (TB) and its current epidemic status. Which statements about TB would the nurse highlight in the presentation to most accurately represent the epidemic status of this disease?

A) "TB kills about 1.5 million people each year."
B) "All persons who are infected by the causative organism become ill and can spread the causative organism to others throughout the remainder of their lifetime."
C) "Three fourths of the world's population is thought to be currently infected by the causative organism."
D) "The highest number of deaths is in Eastern Europe."