In 2003, after rising for two decades, new cases of breast cancer started to fall. Part of the reason for the rise in the incidence of the188 How to pass advanced verbal reasoning testsdisease was the expansion of screening campaigns and an aging population. The sharp fall in the number of cases has been associated with an equally sharp fall in the number of women giving up hormone replacement therapy. The fall was highest amongst women aged between 50 and 69 who were more likely to have previously been receiving the therapy. Following detailed analysis of the available data and after adjustments were made for the aging population, the speed and rate of the fall in diagnosed cases came as a welcome surprise.
Question: It was a surprise that the number of new cases should fall.
Options:
A. true
B. false
C. uncertain
Answer: B