This means that there are steps or stages throughout one's life in which the mind and personality undergo changes. For example, one may take a step as a child going from rarely having their own thoughts and feeling to creating their own opinion. This would be a step that the person is taking.
Hope this helps!
All of those ARE reasons why communicable diseases kill fewer people today except for B. Your answer is B.
Eating well, exercise, sleep, drinking water, avoiding harmful habits , don’t get sick constantly
More than 480,000 , and more than 41,000 deaths due to secondhand smoke exposure