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Assessment of Racial Disparities in Mortality Rates Among Older Adults Living in US Rural vs Urban Counties From 1968 to 2016

Description
Study using CDC WONDER data from 3,131 counties over a 49-year period. Features statistics on adjusted and unadjusted mortality rates among people 65 years and older, with breakdowns by race, gender, and urban, rural adjacent, and rural nonadjacent locations.
Author(s)
Nasim B. Ferdows, Maria P. Aranda, Julie A. Baldwin, et al.
Citation
JAMA Network Open, 3(8)
Date
08/2020
Type
Document
Tagged as
Black or African American · Elderly population · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · White