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Question 23

The table shows estimated global data about population, hypertension, and stroke:

20122022
Total population (millions)7000.08000.0
Number of people with hypertension (millions)980.01200.0
Percentage of total population with hypertension14.015.0
Total number of hypertension-related deaths (millions)2.02.4
Total number of stroke deaths (millions)1.52.2
Number of stroke deaths in people with hypertension (millions)0.91.4

Which is a correct conclusion from the data in the table?

A

Hypertension became less prevalent in the global population between 2012 and 2022.

B

People with hypertension are more likely to die from stroke than people without hypertension.

C

In 2012, over 50%50\%50% of hypertension-related deaths were due to stroke.

D

The overall rate of stroke deaths in the entire population decreased between 2012 and 2022.

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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health

97 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health, covering 6.3.1 Health and disease, 6.3.2 Interactions between diseases, 6.3.3 Spread of communicable diseases, 6.3.4 Common infections and diseases, 6.3.5 Physical plant defence responses, 6.3.6 Chemical plant defence responses, 6.3.7 Detecting and identifying plant diseases, 6.3.8 White blood cells and platelets, 6.3.9 Non-specific defence systems, 6.3.10 The immune system, 6.3.11 Monoclonal antibodies, 6.3.12 Vaccines and medicines, 6.3.13 Aseptic techniques, 6.3.14 Discovery and development of new medicines, 6.3.15 Causes of non-communicable diseases, 6.3.16 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, 6.3.17 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable diseases, 6.3.18 Cancer, 6.3.19 Stem cells in medicine, 6.3.20 Gene technology in medicine, and 6.3.21 The human genome and medicine. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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