Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in the Rural United States

During 1999-2014, annual age-adjusted death rates for the five leading causes of death in the United States (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke) were higher in rural areas than in urban areas. The report presents data on disparities in mortality between rural and nonrural areas for the five leading causes of death and ways these might be addressed.
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