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