Open AccessHealthy People 2020: Rural Areas Lag In Achieving Targets For Major Causes Of Death
Author(s) -
Sirin Yaemsiri,
Johanna M. Alfier,
Ernest Moy,
Lauren M. Rossen,
Brigham Bastian,
Jane N. Bolin,
Alva O. Ferdinand,
Timothy Callaghan,
Melonie Heron
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.837
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 2694-233X
pISSN - 0278-2715
DOI - 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00915
Subject(s) - rural area , medicine , cause of death , environmental health , demography , gerontology , geography , disease , pathology , sociology
For the period 2007-17 rural death rates were higher than urban rates for the seven major causes of death analyzed, and disparities widened for five of the seven. In 2017 urban areas had met national targets for three of the seven causes, while rural areas had met none of the targets.