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31. QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥65 Years Who Have a Lot of Difficulty Hearing or Cannot Hear at All Even When Using Hearing Aids, by Urbanization Level — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019 - Resources
Date: Aug 2021

Bar chart showing percentage of adults 65 years of age or older reporting hearing impairment, with breakdowns by large central metro, large fringe metro, medium and small metro, and nonmetropolitan areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(33), 1127 08/2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

32. HIV Testing Outcomes Among Blacks or African Americans — 50 Local U.S. Jurisdictions Accounting for the Majority of New HIV Diagnoses and Seven States with Disproportionate Occurrences of HIV in Rural Areas, 2017 - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Reports on HIV testing and diagnoses by a variety of demographic characteristics, including race/ethnicity. Examines linkage to medical care for African Americans with newly diagnosed HIV infection. Study covers 50 U.S. jurisdictions with the majority of new diagnoses as well as the seven states — Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina — with high rural rates of HIV. Rural-specific data is not provided in the results.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(4), 97-102 01/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

33. QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Diagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, by Urbanization Level and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019 - Resources
Date: Jul 2021

Bar chart comparing diagnosed COPD for metropolitan and nonmetro areas by age group for ages 18-44, 45-64, and 65 or older.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(26), 959 07/2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

34. Deaths from Falls Among Persons Aged ≥65 Years — United States, 2007–2016 - Resources
Date: May 2018

Reports on rates and trends for deaths from falls for people age 65 and older from 2007 to 2016. Includes data by urban/rural status, as well as for other selected characteristics.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(18), 509-514 05/2018 Centers for Disease Control...

35. Health Care, Family, and Community Factors Associated with Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders and Poverty Among Children Aged 2–8 Years — United States, 2016 - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Examines parental reports of mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders in children 2-8 years of age, comparing children in higher-income households with those in lower-income households. Includes data by urban/rural community status for urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(50), 1377-1383 12/2018 Centers for Disease Control...

36. High COVID-19 Attack Rate Among Attendees at Events at a Church — Arkansas, March 2020 - Resources
Date: May 2020

Reports on the spread of COVID-19 in a rural Arkansas church in March 2020, as well as spread within the community that was linked to the church.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(20), 632-635 05/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

37. Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties — United States, 2010–2017 - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Reports on the rural-urban disparities regarding potentially preventable deaths caused by heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years of age. Updates a January 2017 report on the same topic, with the new report using a 6-level urban-rural classification scheme and adding additional years and annual percentage change information.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 68(10), 1-11 11/2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer...

38. Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months Among Children Born in 2017 and 2018 — National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2018–2020 - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Examines vaccination coverage for selected vaccines and doses among children born in 2017 and 2018. Supplementary Table 2 includes data for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(41), 1435-1440 10/2021 Centers for Disease Control...

39. Estimated County-Level Prevalence of Selected Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness — United States, 2018 - Resources
Date: Jul 2020

Reports on the estimated number and proportion of people with certain underlying medical conditions that put them at risk for severe COVID-19. Provides county-level maps with data on adults with any of these conditions: chronic respiratory conditions, heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or obesity. Also discusses the prevalence of underlying conditions in rural counties.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(29), 945-950 07/2020 Centers for Disease Control...

40. Notes from the Field: COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Program — Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota, September–November 2020 - Resources
Date: Apr 2021

Reports on how the CDC helped the Spirit Lake Tribe build a tribally managed program to address increasing COVID-19 cases through comprehensive case investigations, case notification, contact tracing, contact testing, and contact management. Describes the work of Spirit Lake community members who served as investigators and contact tracers, providing advice about the need to isolate or quarantine. Discusses housing challenges that impacted isolation and quarantine efforts.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(14), 533-534 04/2021 Centers for Disease Control...