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Based on Australia's Health 2024 mortality data, which statement BEST explains the pattern of leading causes of death between males and females in 2022?

Males and females share identical top 5 causes of death in the same ranking order
The same 5 conditions cause the most deaths but males have higher absolute numbers for coronary heart disease
Infectious diseases rank higher for females than males in the top 5 causes
Cancer-related deaths affect males significantly more than females across all types

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B is correct: Same 5 causes but males have 11,303 coronary deaths vs 10,976 females.

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A is incorrect: Same causes but different ranking order between genders.
C is incorrect: COVID-19 ranks similarly for both genders.
D is incorrect: Lung cancer affects both genders in top 5.