Rural-Urban Disparity in Mortality in the US From 1999 to 2019

Sarah H Cross; Robert M Califf; Haider J Warraich

doi:10.1001/jama.2021.5334

Rural-Urban Disparity in Mortality in the US From 1999 to 2019

JAMA. 2021 Jun 8;325(22):2312-2314. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.5334.

Authors

Sarah H Cross¹, Robert M Califf², Haider J Warraich³

Affiliations

¹ Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
² Verily Life Sciences (Alphabet), South San Francisco, California.
³ Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study analyzes all deaths occurring in the US using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database from 1999-2019 and the National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural Classification Scheme to create population categories per the 2013 US Census classification (large, small- or medium-sized, and rural areas).

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Alaska Natives / statistics & numerical data
American Indian or Alaska Native / statistics & numerical data
Asian People / statistics & numerical data
Black People / statistics & numerical data
Black or African American
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality / ethnology
Mortality / trends*
Poisson Distribution
Probability
Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
Rural Population / trends*
Sex Distribution
United States / ethnology
Urban Population / statistics & numerical data
Urban Population / trends*
White People / statistics & numerical data
Young Adult