Widening rural-urban disparities in all-cause mortality and mortality from major causes of death in the USA, 1969-2009

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 272-292

  Singh, Gopal K ^a   Siahpush, Mohammad ^b  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Decomposition; Inequality; Metropolitan; Mortality; Poverty; Race; Rural urban; Trend; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898807627     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9847-2     Document Type: Review

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