Judge the Following Statement According to the Criteria Given: "Social

Multiple Choice

Judge the following statement according to the criteria given: "Social epidemiology is the study of disease, health and disability across a population. Canadian studies have consistently shown that people in the lower classes have higher rates of morbidity than those in upper classes and that ethnic minorities, have higher rates of mortality and morbidity than do the dominant groups.

A) The assertion and the assumptions are both correct, but the assumptions are invalid.
B) The assertion is incorrect, and the assumptions are incorrect.
C) The assertion is correct, but one of the assumptions is incorrect.
D) The assertion and the assumptions are both correct, and the assumptions are valid.