Healthy People 2020: Rural Areas Lag in Achieving Targets for Major Causes of Death
Date
12/2019
Journal
Health Affairs
Description
For the period 2007-2017 rural death rates were higher than urban rates for the seven major causes of death analyzed, and disparities widened for five of the seven. In 2017 urban areas had met national targets for three of the seven causes, while rural areas had met none of the targets.
Center
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Sirin Yaemsiri, Johanna Alfier, Ernest Moy, Lauren Rossen, Brigham Bastian, Jane Bolin, Alva Ferdinand, Timothy Callaghan, Melonie Heron