Fractures are common; the average person has two during a lifetime. They occur when the physical force exerted on the bone is stronger than the bone itself. Your risk of fracture depends, in part, on your age. Broken bones are very common in childhood, although children's fractures are generally less complicated than fractures in adults. As you age, your bones become more brittle and you are more likely to suffer fractures from falls that would not occur when you were young.
User: What is public debt? Weegy: Public debt, which is also sometimes referred to as government debt, is all of the money owed at any given time by any branch of the government. User: A(n) ____ is a monetary sum first paid by one person and then passed on to another. Weegy: A indirect tax is a monetary sum first paid by one person and then passed on to another.
The term national debt refers to direct liabilities of the United States Government. There are several different concepts of debt that are at various times used to refer to the national debt: Public debt is defined as public debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. U. S. Treasury securities primarily consist of marketable Treasury securities (i.e., bills, notes and bonds), savings bonds and special securities issued to state and local governments. A portion is debt held by the public and a portion is debt held by government accounts. Debt held by the public excludes the portion of the debt that is held by government accounts. Gross federal debt is made up of public debt securities and a small amount of securities issued by government agencies.