Bridging the Gap in Potentially Excess Deaths Between Rural and Urban Counties in the United States.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Garcia, Macarena C.; Faul, Mark; Dowling, Nicole F.; Thomas, Cheryll C.; Iademarco, Michael F.
- Source
- Public Health Reports. Mar/apr2020, Vol. 135 Issue 2, p177-180. 4p.
- Subject
- *HEART disease related mortality
*STROKE-related mortality
*METROPOLITAN areas
*PUBLIC health
*CAUSES of death
*HEALTH services accessibility
*HEALTH status indicators
*LUNG diseases
*MEDICAL screening
*MORTALITY
*POPULATION geography
*RURAL conditions
*TUMORS
*WOUNDS & injuries
- Language
- ISSN
- 0033-3549
The authors discuss studies on the gap in health between persons in rural and urban areas in the U.S. Topics mentioned include factors that may influence the rural-urban gap in excess deaths, a decline in the percentage of potentially-excess deaths from cancer in all county categories from 2010 to 2017, and influences that may help explain the higher percentage of excess deaths from unintentional injuries in rural counties than in urban counties.