Rural Health
Resources by State: North Dakota
Traffic Safety Facts, 2024: Truck Crash Facts
Provide statistics on crashes involving trucks in North Dakota from 2017 through 2024. Includes data on cause of crash, manner of collision, location of collision, injuries and fatalities, and if the crash happened on a rural versus urban road.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Provide statistics on crashes involving trucks in North Dakota from 2017 through 2024. Includes data on cause of crash, manner of collision, location of collision, injuries and fatalities, and if the crash happened on a rural versus urban road.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Rural Collaborative Opportunities For Occupational Learning (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camps and Scrubs Academy
Provides an overview of the North Dakota Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning (R-Cool-Health) Scrubs Camps and Scrubs Academy programs, including information on the number of students and rural communities involved with the programs. Describes the opportunities for students in grades 5 through 12 to learn about and understand a wide range of healthcare careers available in their rural communities.
Author(s): Nicole Threadgold
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Provides an overview of the North Dakota Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning (R-Cool-Health) Scrubs Camps and Scrubs Academy programs, including information on the number of students and rural communities involved with the programs. Describes the opportunities for students in grades 5 through 12 to learn about and understand a wide range of healthcare careers available in their rural communities.
Author(s): Nicole Threadgold
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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North Dakota Statewide Traffic Safety Survey, 2025: Traffic Safety Performance Measures for State and Federal Agencies
Provides information on traffic safety issues among varied demographic groups in North Dakota and their beliefs, practices, and distractions related to driving. Includes rural versus urban comparisons about driving safety, driving under the influence, and more.
Additional links: Issue Brief
Author(s): Kimberly Vachal, Andrew Kubas, Jaclyn Andersen
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Provides information on traffic safety issues among varied demographic groups in North Dakota and their beliefs, practices, and distractions related to driving. Includes rural versus urban comparisons about driving safety, driving under the influence, and more.
Additional links: Issue Brief
Author(s): Kimberly Vachal, Andrew Kubas, Jaclyn Andersen
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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"If We Can Get Them to Stop, They Can Have Such a Better Life": Implementing Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence Treatment Services in Community Pharmacies in North Dakota
Discusses the role of community pharmacies in North Dakota in providing smoking cessation treatment, including medication provision and behavioral therapy referrals. Highlights rural tobacco and nicotine dependence treatment as a public health priority.
Author(s): Hailey M. Wanner, Kelley Corr
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 22, 250088
Date: 07/2025
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Discusses the role of community pharmacies in North Dakota in providing smoking cessation treatment, including medication provision and behavioral therapy referrals. Highlights rural tobacco and nicotine dependence treatment as a public health priority.
Author(s): Hailey M. Wanner, Kelley Corr
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 22, 250088
Date: 07/2025
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North Central Region Community Development Extension 2024 Impact Report
Provides an overview of the activities and impact of Extension programming in the North Central Region, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. Focuses on impacts such as resilient communities and economies, leadership and civic engagement, and community health and wellness. Includes examples in rural communities.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Provides an overview of the activities and impact of Extension programming in the North Central Region, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. Focuses on impacts such as resilient communities and economies, leadership and civic engagement, and community health and wellness. Includes examples in rural communities.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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North Dakota Rural Health Clinics, 2025
Map of North Dakota showing Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and their locations.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Map of North Dakota showing Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and their locations.
Date: 06/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Dermal Exposure to Agrochemicals as Risk Factor for Skin Cancer in Farmers and Ranchers in the US Central States
Investigates 2018 and 2020 surveillance data to understand the association between various chemical and animal-based allergen exposures and skin cancer prevalence for 5,962 farmworkers in 7 states.
Author(s): Sarah Tucker, Yi Du, Rishad Ahmed, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 68(3), 286-294
Date: 03/2025
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Investigates 2018 and 2020 surveillance data to understand the association between various chemical and animal-based allergen exposures and skin cancer prevalence for 5,962 farmworkers in 7 states.
Author(s): Sarah Tucker, Yi Du, Rishad Ahmed, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 68(3), 286-294
Date: 03/2025
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North Dakota Healthcare Dashboard
Provides an overview of the current health workforce and demographic distribution throughout the state of North Dakota. Presents data in the form of graphs and maps. Allows users to select for rural, metropolitan, and micropolitan areas.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Provides an overview of the current health workforce and demographic distribution throughout the state of North Dakota. Presents data in the form of graphs and maps. Allows users to select for rural, metropolitan, and micropolitan areas.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Eighth Biennial Report 2025: Health Issues for the State of North Dakota
Updates the previous seven editions of this report with a comprehensive examination of healthcare workforce licensure data related to number of licensed professionals, locations, specialties, and demographics in rural and urban North Dakota. Includes three new chapters on indigenous health, women's and children's health, and the community impacts of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Updates the previous seven editions of this report with a comprehensive examination of healthcare workforce licensure data related to number of licensed professionals, locations, specialties, and demographics in rural and urban North Dakota. Includes three new chapters on indigenous health, women's and children's health, and the community impacts of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Rural Obstetrical Care Workforce: A State-Level Analysis
Provides fact sheets on the rural obstetrical care workforce for select states in 2025. Includes maps and tables providing county-level data and rural-urban comparisons of provider to population ratios for obstetricians, advanced practice midwives, and midwives.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Provides fact sheets on the rural obstetrical care workforce for select states in 2025. Includes maps and tables providing county-level data and rural-urban comparisons of provider to population ratios for obstetricians, advanced practice midwives, and midwives.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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