A Nurse Researcher Is Choosing Diseases with High Mortality and High

A nurse researcher is choosing diseases with high mortality and high prevalence as the focus for a study on the influence of family history on disease development.Which facts would suggest inclusion of a disease in this study?

A) One in three Americans has some form of cardiovascular disease.
B) An estimated 27% of all Americans over age 65 have diabetes.
C) Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
D) Tobacco usage is thought to cost nearly $100 billion in medical care annually.
E) Almost half of adults in the United States have at least one chronic disease.