The economic, social, and political challenges facing rural areas in the US have implications for the entire country. Even though rural-urban disparities in mortality from such diseases as chronic lung disease and cardiovascular disease have been described, 1,2 less is known about recent trends in ruralurban differences in age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) overall in the US.
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