Open AccessAll Rural Places Are Not Created Equal: Revisiting the Rural Mortality Penalty in the United States
Author(s) -
Wesley James
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.301989
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , demography , socioeconomic status , mortality rate , geography , rural area , health equity , population , rural health , public health , environmental health , medicine , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , economics , nursing , pathology
I investigated mortality disparities between urban and rural areas by measuring disparities in urban US areas compared with 6 rural classifications, ranging from suburban to remote locales.