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Mortality rates for rural prime working-age females were higher than urban rates for 14 of the 15 leading natural causes of death in 2017–19

  • Rural Economy & Population
  • Rural Poverty & Well-Being
Horizontal bar chart showing rural and urban mortality rates for the 15 leading natural causes of death for prime working-age females, 2017–2019.

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USDA, Economic Research Service researchers, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, examined the widening natural-cause mortality gap between rural and urban working-age adults. This increasing disparity is an indicator of worsening rural population health.

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