Your Health

Quiz: Life-Saving Health Care Practices

January 2002

Question 1:
What percentage of Americans have been affected by a medical error, either personally or through a friend or relative?

A. 2 percent

B. 22 percent

C. 42 percent

Question 2:
The following are leading causes of death in the United States. Rank them:

A. Motor vehicle accidents, AIDS, breast cancer and medical errors.

B. Breast cancer, motor vehicle accidents, medical errors and AIDS.

C. Medical errors, motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer and AIDS.

Question 3:
How many Americans die each year from medication errors?

A. 1,000

B. 7,000

C. 20,000

Question 4:
If I don't receive medical care in a hospital, I really don't have anything to worry about.

A. True

B. False

Question 5:
How much money do medical errors cost the nation each year?

A. $1 million

B. $1 billion

C. $37 billion