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{Which is (likely) the more serious physical injury? |type="()"}
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{Which is (likely) the more serious physical injury?  
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- MAIS 1
 
- MAIS 1
 
+ MAIS 3
 
+ MAIS 3
  
{When the four listed methods of suicide are considered together, what were the top five leading causes of injury deaths in Americans aged 15-24 in 2018 (from highest to lowest)? |type="{}"}
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{When the four listed methods of suicide are considered together, what were the top five leading causes of injury deaths in Americans aged 15-24 in 2018 (from highest to lowest)?  
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{ 5 } Unintentional drowning
 
{ 5 } Unintentional drowning
 
{ 1 } Motor vehicle crashes
 
{ 1 } Motor vehicle crashes
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(As an aside: What might explain the high number of "unintentional poisoning"?)
 
(As an aside: What might explain the high number of "unintentional poisoning"?)
  
{According to NHTSA, what was the total economic and societal costs of motor vehicle crashes in 2010 (expressed in billions of 2010 dollars)? |type="{}"}
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{According to NHTSA, what was the total economic and societal costs of motor vehicle crashes in 2010 (expressed in billions of 2010 dollars)?  
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{ 836 }
 
{ 836 }
  
{What is this same value expressed in billions of of 2019 dollars? |type="{}"}
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{What is this same value expressed in billions of of 2019 dollars?  
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{ 900-1200 _5}
 
{ 900-1200 _5}
  
{Assuming that statistics for deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have not changed significantly since 2018, was COVID-19 one of the 10 leading causes of death among people 25-34 in 2020? |type="()"}
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{Assuming that statistics for deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have not changed significantly since 2018, was COVID-19 one of the 10 leading causes of death among people 25-34 in 2020?  
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|type="()"}
 
+ Yes
 
+ Yes
 
- No
 
- No
  
{Assuming that statistics for deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have not changed significantly since 2018, was COVID-19 one of the 10 leading causes of death among people 15-24 in 2020? |type="()"}
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{Assuming that statistics for deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have not changed significantly since 2018, was COVID-19 one of the 10 leading causes of death among people 15-24 in 2020?  
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|type="()"}
 
+ Yes
 
+ Yes
 
- No
 
- No
  
 
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Revision as of 15:19, 23 February 2021

Reading and Math Skills

1 Which is (likely) the more serious physical injury?

MAIS 1
MAIS 3

2 When the four listed methods of suicide are considered together, what were the top five leading causes of injury deaths in Americans aged 15-24 in 2018 (from highest to lowest)?

Unintentional drowning

Motor vehicle crashes

Suicide

Unintentional poisoning

Homicide by firearm
(As an aside: What might explain the high number of "unintentional poisoning"?)

3 According to NHTSA, what was the total economic and societal costs of motor vehicle crashes in 2010 (expressed in billions of 2010 dollars)?

4 What is this same value expressed in billions of of 2019 dollars?

5 Assuming that statistics for deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have not changed significantly since 2018, was COVID-19 one of the 10 leading causes of death among people 25-34 in 2020?

Yes
No

6 Assuming that statistics for deaths from causes other than COVID-19 have not changed significantly since 2018, was COVID-19 one of the 10 leading causes of death among people 15-24 in 2020?

Yes
No