Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Mortality

AMA Health Workforce Mapper
Customizable, interactive tool for accessing healthcare workforce-related data. Includes data on physicians by specialty, as well as data on a wide range of other healthcare providers. Provides information on Health Professional Shortage Areas, hospital locations, population indicators, and patient health data such as morbidity and mortality rates, health behaviors and social environment, healthcare access, and quality data.
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association
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Exploring Rural and Urban Mortality Differences
Offers a variety of data tables and online tools that display indicators of mortality rates by age, rurality, region, and sex to help researchers examine the impact of rurality on mortality.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center
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CDC WONDER
Provides access to a wide range of public health data, including mortality data for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Also offers access to birth and fertility rates by county.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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U.S. Health Map
Interactive map that provides county-level data by sex on life expectancy, mortality rates, and risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, physical activity, cancer, alcohol use, and smoking.
Sponsoring organization: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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County Health Rankings and Roadmaps: Health Data
Provides interactive demographic and health data at the state and county level. Includes population health breakdowns related to topics such as length of life, quality of life, community conditions, physical environment, and social and economic factors. Shows percentage of rural residents according to selected geographic area.
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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Iowa Health Fact Book
Presents state-wide data regarding health outcomes, social determinants of health, and health behaviors throughout Iowa. Discusses rural demographics, adult and youth injury mortalities in rural counties, healthcare facilities including rural health clinics, and distribution of physicians.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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FastStats: Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population
Contains health-related statistics including live births, health status, health risk factors, access to health care, and mortality rates.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Vital Statistics Online Data Portal
Access interactive online data tools and downloadable public use data files for births, deaths, and mortality, including infant and fetal deaths.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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State Traffic Safety Information
Provides state traffic safety data and statistics, including rural versus urban traffic fatalities and fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles driven. Covers fatalities information by alcohol-impaired driving, vehicle type, crash type, and person type. County profiles with more limited information are also available. Includes Native America traffic safety statistics by Native American fatalities, all fatalities on reservations, and Native American fatalities on reservations.
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population
Offers links to various health data for the Asian and Pacific Islander population. Statistics include births, deaths, health status, and healthcare access.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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