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Refer to the graph below.

-Which claim, with regard to spouses, does the information in the graph support?
A) One percent of the time, both spouses will develop schizophrenia over their lifetimes.
B) One percent of the time, one spouse will develop schizophrenia over his or her lifetime and the other will not.
C) When one spouse has developed schizophrenia, the lifetime risk of the other spouse developing schizophrenia is 1 percent.
D) When one spouse has developed schizophrenia, the lifetime risk of the other spouse developing schizophrenia is 99 percent.

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Refer to the graph below.
 
-Which claim, with regard to spouses, does the information in the graph support?
A) One percent of the time, both spouses will develop schizophrenia over their lifetimes. 
B) One percent of the time, one spouse will develop schizophrenia over his or her lifetime and the other will not. 
C) When one spouse has developed schizophrenia, the lifetime risk of the other spouse developing schizophrenia is 1 percent. 
D) When one spouse has developed schizophrenia, the lifetime risk of the other spouse developing schizophrenia is 99 percent.

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The graph shows that when one spouse has schizophrenia, the other spouse has a 1 percent lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia as well. Therefore, option C is the correct claim that is supported by the information in the graph. The other options are incorrect based on the information provided in the graph.

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