Rural Health
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Rural Death Rates from COVID-19 Surpassed Urban Death Rates in Early September 2020
Chart showing weekly COVID-19 death rates per 100,000 adults, comparing urban and rural communities. Discusses higher death rates in rural areas in early September 2020, addressing factors impacting the increase.
Date: 03/2021
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Disparities in Educational Attainment by Race, Ethnicity Persist in Rural America
Stacked bar chart comparing educational attainment in 2000 and 2019 for rural adults age 25 and older. Each bar shows the portion of the population with an educational attainment of below high school; high school, some college, or associate's degree; and bachelor's degree or higher.
Date: 02/2021
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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QuickStats: Death Rates Attributed to Excessive Cold or Hypothermia Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Urban-Rural Status and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
Bar chart showing urban and rural death rates due to excessive cold or hypothermia by age group for ages 15-34, 35-54, 55-74, 75-84, and 85 or older.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(7), 258
Date: 02/2021
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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COVID-19 Stats: COVID-19 Incidence, by Urban-Rural Classification — United States, January 22–October 31, 2020
Line chart showing COVID-19 incidence for large central metropolitan, large fringe metro, medium/small metro, and micropolitan/noncore (rural) areas.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(46), 1753
Date: 11/2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Nonmetro Population Change Has Remained Near Zero in Recent Years
Line chart showing population change for the U.S., metropolitan areas, and nonmetro areas from 1976-2019.
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Racial and Ethnic Minorities Made Up About 22 Percent of the Rural Population in 2018, Compared to 43 Percent in Urban Areas
Side-by-side pie charts comparing the race and ethnicity makeup of the rural population and urban population in 2018. Provides data on the percent of each population that is White, Black, American Indian, Hispanic, and other.
Date: 10/2020
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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QuickStats: Rates of Deaths Attributed to Unintentional Injury from Fire or Flames, by Age Group and Urbanization Level — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018
Bar chart comparing rural and urban death rates for deaths due to fire- or flame-related unintentional injury by age group for ages 0-4, 5-14, 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65-74, and 75 or older.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(34), 1185
Date: 08/2020
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rural Poverty Rates Dropped Across All Race/Ethnicity Groups Between 2013 and 2018
Bar chart showing poverty rates for rural areas in 2013 and 2018 for American Indian, Black, Hispanic, White populations and the rural population as a whole.
Date: 08/2020
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Increasing Rates of Nonmetro Net Migration Offset by Reductions in Natural Change
Line chart showing nonmetro net migration, natural change due to births and deaths, and total population change from 1976 through 2019.
Date: 07/2020
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Loss of Hospital-based Obstetric Services in Rural Counties in the United States, 2004-2018
Line chart showing the percent of micropolitan and noncore counties that had hospital-based obstetric care from 2004 through 2018.
Author(s): Katy B Kozhimannil, Julia D Interrante, Mariana S Tuttle
Date: 07/2020
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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