Increases in rural mortality rates outpaced those of urban area for natural and external causes from 1999–2001 to 2017–2019
- by Kelsey L. Thomas (Conley), Elizabeth A. Dobis and David McGranahan
- 3/18/2025
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.