Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Suicide Clusters Within American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations
Analyzes suicide clusters within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations to develop recommendations to prevent and address suicide clusters within AI/AN communities. Discusses risk, developmental, and protective factors influencing likelihood that individuals will consider, attempt, or complete suicide.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Analyzes suicide clusters within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations to develop recommendations to prevent and address suicide clusters within AI/AN communities. Discusses risk, developmental, and protective factors influencing likelihood that individuals will consider, attempt, or complete suicide.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Understanding the Impact of Suicide In Rural America
Analyzes suicide rates and the impact of suicide in rural areas, highlights suicide in tribal communities and suicide prevention among U.S. veterans. Covers state and federal prevention strategies and discusses recommendations for research and evaluation, and outreach, promotion, and awareness.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Analyzes suicide rates and the impact of suicide in rural areas, highlights suicide in tribal communities and suicide prevention among U.S. veterans. Covers state and federal prevention strategies and discusses recommendations for research and evaluation, and outreach, promotion, and awareness.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Prevalence and Disparities in Tobacco Product Use Among American Indians/Alaska Natives — United States, 2010-2015
Examines the use of five types of tobacco - cigarettes, cigars, roll-your-own tobacco, pipes, and smokeless tobacco - among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) compared to non-AI/ANs, with data by sex, age, education level, poverty level, and other factors.
Author(s): Satomi Odani, Brian S. Armour, Corinne M. Graffunder, Bridgette E. Garrett, Israel T. Agaku
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(50), 1374-1378
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Examines the use of five types of tobacco - cigarettes, cigars, roll-your-own tobacco, pipes, and smokeless tobacco - among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) compared to non-AI/ANs, with data by sex, age, education level, poverty level, and other factors.
Author(s): Satomi Odani, Brian S. Armour, Corinne M. Graffunder, Bridgette E. Garrett, Israel T. Agaku
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(50), 1374-1378
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Inpatient Healthcare Facilities Had Modest Employment Gains in Rural Areas, Despite the Effects of the Great Recession
Line chart showing employment in rural inpatient healthcare facilities compared to other industries from 2001 to 2015.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Line chart showing employment in rural inpatient healthcare facilities compared to other industries from 2001 to 2015.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Patients' Experiences in CAHs: HCAHPS Results, 2016
Shares results from the calendar year 2016 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, summarizing reporting rates and performance among all U.S. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes detailed tables that allow state-by-state comparison of response rates and overall CAH performance.
Author(s): Megan Lahr, Alex Evenson, Tongtan Chantarat, Michelle Casey
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Shares results from the calendar year 2016 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, summarizing reporting rates and performance among all U.S. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes detailed tables that allow state-by-state comparison of response rates and overall CAH performance.
Author(s): Megan Lahr, Alex Evenson, Tongtan Chantarat, Michelle Casey
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Illinois Suicide Deaths and Crude Rates, 2006-2015
Illustrates and provides county-level data on statewide deaths due to suicide from 2006 through 2015 in Illinois.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Illustrates and provides county-level data on statewide deaths due to suicide from 2006 through 2015 in Illinois.
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Chartbook: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in a Changing Kansas
Examines trends in demographics, the social determinants of health, and health outcomes in Kansas. Includes statistics and data with a rural versus urban comparison on: population characteristics; education; income, employment, and insurance; housing and household characteristics; nutrition, physical activity, and related outcomes; substance use; healthcare and preventive services; disease and disability; births; and mortality.
Additional links: Appendix A. Population Characteristics, Appendix B. Education, Appendix C. Income, Employment, and Insurance, Appendix D. Housing and Housing Characteristics, Appendix E. Disease and Disability, Appendix F. Births, Appendix G: Mortality, Appendix H: Technical Notes
Author(s): Lawrence John Panas
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Examines trends in demographics, the social determinants of health, and health outcomes in Kansas. Includes statistics and data with a rural versus urban comparison on: population characteristics; education; income, employment, and insurance; housing and household characteristics; nutrition, physical activity, and related outcomes; substance use; healthcare and preventive services; disease and disability; births; and mortality.
Additional links: Appendix A. Population Characteristics, Appendix B. Education, Appendix C. Income, Employment, and Insurance, Appendix D. Housing and Housing Characteristics, Appendix E. Disease and Disability, Appendix F. Births, Appendix G: Mortality, Appendix H: Technical Notes
Author(s): Lawrence John Panas
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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Employment Spillover Effects of Rural Inpatient Healthcare Facilities
Provides estimates of rural wages and salaries due to employment at inpatient healthcare facilities, including hospitals, nursing homes, and other residential care facilities, compared to other industries in rural counties from 2001-2015. Covers the spillover effects of additional inpatient facility employment on other employment sectors.
Author(s): Cristina Miller, John Pender, Thomas Hertz
Citation: ERR-241
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Provides estimates of rural wages and salaries due to employment at inpatient healthcare facilities, including hospitals, nursing homes, and other residential care facilities, compared to other industries in rural counties from 2001-2015. Covers the spillover effects of additional inpatient facility employment on other employment sectors.
Author(s): Cristina Miller, John Pender, Thomas Hertz
Citation: ERR-241
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Overview of Operating Room Procedures During Inpatient Stays in U.S. Hospitals, 2014
Examines the characteristics, costs, and volume of operating room (OR) procedures in the inpatient setting, presenting data from U.S. hospitals in 2014. Includes a breakdown of inpatient stays with and without OR procedures, based upon metro or nonmetro (rural) patient residence.
Author(s): Kimberly W. McDermott, William J. Freeman, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Examines the characteristics, costs, and volume of operating room (OR) procedures in the inpatient setting, presenting data from U.S. hospitals in 2014. Includes a breakdown of inpatient stays with and without OR procedures, based upon metro or nonmetro (rural) patient residence.
Author(s): Kimberly W. McDermott, William J. Freeman, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rural Health Research Recap: Rural Hospital Closures
Summarizes key findings from the Rural Health Research Centers' most recent research on rural hospital closures. Discusses hospitals by U.S. census region, rural hospital closures between 2005 and 2017, urban and rural hospital profitability, and the financial distress index. Provides links to each of the referenced source documents.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway
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Summarizes key findings from the Rural Health Research Centers' most recent research on rural hospital closures. Discusses hospitals by U.S. census region, rural hospital closures between 2005 and 2017, urban and rural hospital profitability, and the financial distress index. Provides links to each of the referenced source documents.
Author(s): Shawnda Schroeder
Date: 12/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway
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