The Growing Rural-Urban Divide in US Life Expectancy: Contribution of Cardiovascular Disease and Other Major Causes of Death

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Study examining rural and urban life expectancy between 1999 and 2019 based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) detailed mortality files. Offers data by gender and age on changes in life expectancy, including cause-of-death breakdowns.

Leah R. Abrams, Mikko Myrskyla, Neil K. Mehta

International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(6), 1970-1978

08/2021

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Health conditions · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data