According to Research Published in 2015, There Has Been "A

According to research published in 2015, there has been "a marked increase in the all- cause mortality of middle-aged white non-Hispanic men and women in the United States between 1999 and 2013." According to the researchers, this change _________.

A) extended decades of progress
B) was not unique to the United States
C) showed the largest increases among those with less education
D) was not paralleled by increases in midlife morbidity
E) was contradicted by self-reports declines in health and ability to conduct activities of daily living.