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) - rural population , environmental health , demography , rural area , rural health , medicine , geography , gerontology , sociology , population , 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.
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