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41. Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in the Rural United States - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Reports on 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. Discusses factors impacting the rural-urban gap, and offers suggestions for reducing these disparities and improving health. Updated in a November 2019 report.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(2), 1-7 01/2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer...

42. Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006-2015 - Resources
Date: Jul 2017

Reports on opioid prescribing in the United States from 2006 to 2015. Includes data for metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore (rural) counties. Also offers maps showing county-level prescriptions per capita in 2015 and changes in prescriptions per capita from 2010 to 2015.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(26), 697-704 07/2017 Centers for Disease Control...

43. 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...

44. Occupational Exposure to Vapor-Gas, Dust, and Fumes in a Cohort of Rural Adults in Iowa Compared with a Cohort of Urban Adults - Resources
Date: Nov 2017

Examines differences in occupational exposure to vapor-gas, dust, and fumes in rural and urban areas. The rural population studied included both current and former farmers, and those who never farmed, thereby providing insights related to non-agriculture occupational exposure to airborne pollutants in rural areas.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(21), 1-5 11/2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Farmers...

45. Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2023–24 Respiratory Virus Season - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Reports on influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel working in acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season. Includes data by workplace location for rural and urban areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(43), 966-972 10/2024 Centers for Disease Control...

46. Increases in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to Injection Drug Use Among Persons Aged ≤30 Years - Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006-2012 - Resources
Date: May 2015

Discusses opioid use, drug injecting, and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in central Appalachia, with data on HCV infection rates for 4 states. Includes data for rural and urban areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 64(17), 453-458 05/2015 Centers for Disease Control...

47. Lung Cancer Incidence in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties — United States, 2007–2016 - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Reports on lung cancer incidence rates in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties, with data by sex and by age at diagnosis. Includes data for 2007 and 2016, as well as the change in rate from 2007 to 2016. Discusses strategies to reduce exposure to lung cancer risk factors and how those strategies might be targeted to decrease disparities.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 68(44), 993-998 11/2019 Centers for Disease Control...

48. Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses — United States, July 2016-September 2017 - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Reports on changes in opioid overdoses seen in emergency departments (EDs) by region, state, and urbanization level. Addresses the need for real-time data to coordinate responses to outbreaks and the role ED data can play. Discusses how ED physicians and staff can help address future overdoses among ED patients. Figure 2 shows quarterly suspected opioid overdose data for metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore counties.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(9), 279-285 03/2018 Centers for Disease Control...

49. Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs in Nonmetropolitan Counties — United States, 2016 - Resources
Date: Apr 2017

Examines the availability of diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs in nonmetropolitan counties. Includes data on related characteristics for nonmetro counties with and without DSME programs, including diabetes incidence and prevalence, income, educational attainment, and other demographic information.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(10), 1-6 04/2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Access...

50. Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas — United States, 1999–2014 - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Investigates the differences in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan regions of the U.S. for the 5 leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke) by analyzing and comparing mortality data derived from the National Vital Statistics System. Discusses the trends in annual age-adjusted death rates for unintentional injury for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of the U.S.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(1), 1-8 01/2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cancer...