Rural Health
Resources by Topic: County-by-county data
Remedy for the Rural Opioid Epidemic: Leaders Discuss Medication-Assisted Addiction Treatment in Primary Care
Summarizes a meeting focused on understanding the opioid challenges in rural Northern California and identifying potential solutions. Provides maps highlighting opioid overdose death rates by county and the availability of licensed narcotic treatment programs.
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Summarizes a meeting focused on understanding the opioid challenges in rural Northern California and identifying potential solutions. Provides maps highlighting opioid overdose death rates by county and the availability of licensed narcotic treatment programs.
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Vulnerable Rural Counties: The Changing Rural Landscape, 2000-2010
Examined how rural counties were impacted by the 2008 recession, specifically focused on an increase in poverty levels, shifts in population, and loss or reduction of healthcare services and facilities. Includes county-by-county maps with data such as poverty and unemployment rates, elderly population, educational level, non-White population, health insurance coverage, availability of primary care and other specialties, and change in number of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Appendices include tables comparing urban and rural/remote county statistics.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Kevin J. Bennett, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Matthew Yuen, Deshia Leonhirth, Janice C. Probst
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Examined how rural counties were impacted by the 2008 recession, specifically focused on an increase in poverty levels, shifts in population, and loss or reduction of healthcare services and facilities. Includes county-by-county maps with data such as poverty and unemployment rates, elderly population, educational level, non-White population, health insurance coverage, availability of primary care and other specialties, and change in number of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Appendices include tables comparing urban and rural/remote county statistics.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Kevin J. Bennett, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Matthew Yuen, Deshia Leonhirth, Janice C. Probst
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Geographic Health Disparities in Kentucky: Starting a Conversation About Local Solutions
Features county-level maps showing disparities by life expectancy at birth, education level, median household income, and percentage of population living in poverty. The maps are intended to promote discussion and policy action to combat health disparities in Appalachian Kentucky.
Author(s): Steven H. Woolf, Derek A. Chapman, F. Douglas Scutchfield
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research, 5(3), 1-8
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
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Features county-level maps showing disparities by life expectancy at birth, education level, median household income, and percentage of population living in poverty. The maps are intended to promote discussion and policy action to combat health disparities in Appalachian Kentucky.
Author(s): Steven H. Woolf, Derek A. Chapman, F. Douglas Scutchfield
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research, 5(3), 1-8
Date: 06/2016
Type: Document
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How the Great Recession Changed U.S. Migration Patterns
Examines changes in county-level net migration due to the recession and housing crisis. Compares net migration during the pre-recession years, 2004-2007, to those during the recession, 2007-2010. Also compares the recession period to the post-recession years, 2010-2014. Includes maps showing migration trends by county. Figure 4 looks at migration by metro/non-metro status. Part of the publication series Population Trends in Post-Recession Rural America.
Author(s): Kenneth M. Johnson, Katherine J. Curtis, David Egan-Robertson
Date: 05/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Applied Population Laboratory
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Examines changes in county-level net migration due to the recession and housing crisis. Compares net migration during the pre-recession years, 2004-2007, to those during the recession, 2007-2010. Also compares the recession period to the post-recession years, 2010-2014. Includes maps showing migration trends by county. Figure 4 looks at migration by metro/non-metro status. Part of the publication series Population Trends in Post-Recession Rural America.
Author(s): Kenneth M. Johnson, Katherine J. Curtis, David Egan-Robertson
Date: 05/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Applied Population Laboratory
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A Report on Health Care Resources in North Carolina: North Carolina Health Professions 2014 Data Book
Describes the supply and distribution in 2014 of licensed individuals in 19 health professions by county and selected regions of North Carolina. Includes statistics, data, and maps on changes in supply and changes in practitioner to population ratios.
Author(s): Julie C. Spero, Jim Terry, Kathryn Lavoie, et al.
Date: 04/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Describes the supply and distribution in 2014 of licensed individuals in 19 health professions by county and selected regions of North Carolina. Includes statistics, data, and maps on changes in supply and changes in practitioner to population ratios.
Author(s): Julie C. Spero, Jim Terry, Kathryn Lavoie, et al.
Date: 04/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Alabama General Hospital Closures Since 1980
County-level map showing general hospitals that closed and were not replaced within two years.
Date: 03/2016
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
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County-level map showing general hospitals that closed and were not replaced within two years.
Date: 03/2016
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
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The 2016 Colorado Health Report Card: Celebrating a Decade of Data
Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
Date: 01/2016
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
Date: 01/2016
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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2016 County Health Rankings Key Findings Report
Features state-by-state and rural/urban comparisons on health factors and outcomes throughout the United States, including information on premature death, adult obesity, child poverty, and more. Provides county-level data on residential segregation, drug overdose deaths, and insufficient sleep.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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Features state-by-state and rural/urban comparisons on health factors and outcomes throughout the United States, including information on premature death, adult obesity, child poverty, and more. Provides county-level data on residential segregation, drug overdose deaths, and insufficient sleep.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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Alabama Rural Health Plan
Examines health status indicators in rural Alabama. Includes the number of practicing primary care physicians in Alabama by age, and the number of primary care physicians, dentists, and psychiatrists per 10,000 people for each Alabama county.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Examines health status indicators in rural Alabama. Includes the number of practicing primary care physicians in Alabama by age, and the number of primary care physicians, dentists, and psychiatrists per 10,000 people for each Alabama county.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Socioeconomic Conditions Affecting Health in Rural Missouri
Describes how education, income, and poverty influence the health of rural residents in Missouri.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Describes how education, income, and poverty influence the health of rural residents in Missouri.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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