Recent federal data highlights a significant health disparity between rural and urban America. Rural Americans are more likely to die prematurely from the five leading causes of death—heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory disease—before age 80 compared to their urban counterparts. This gap has persisted or even widened, despite overall progress in reducing preventable deaths in the U.S. The CDC emphasizes the need for targeted efforts to reduce these mortality rates in rural areas.
Rural Americans were more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke and chronic lower respiratory disease before age 80 compared to urbanites. #HealthEquity https://t.co/YTKLzr1oqM
Cancer trends: Common types & risk factors revealed https://t.co/EMP2yGoQnz
Rural Americans are more likely to die early from one of the five leading causes of death than those who live in urban areas, according to new federal data. https://t.co/mwQdSzFcAs
Using lowest mortality states as baseline, new @CDCgov report shows - much of U.S. nearing milestones cutting preventable deaths from leading causes like cancer - except for rural America, where gaps have persisted or grown versus urban counties https://t.co/8oxpao3Tdn https://t.co/4foSscfC72 https://t.co/FvRDuzR2qz
Americans live shorter lives than the people in other rich nations. For American men, about 90% of this shortfall is explained by a handful of observable factors. For American women, two-thirds can be explained by the same factors. But I want to point out treatable cancers🧵 https://t.co/8urIW3PGFA
Dying early from the 5 leading causes of death when the death could have been prevented is more common among people living in rural areas compared to those living in urban areas. Together, we can take steps to lower these rates in the future. @CDCMMWR: https://t.co/5L1Q5EyqjB https://t.co/6T6TveLxoK
look out, it's a tiktok from @statnews' new cardiovascular disease reporter @cooney_liz!! handy explainer on the curious tale of why more people are dying of heart disease than 25 years ago, after a sustained decline 👀 https://t.co/ymDWbbTuwQ