Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Mortality
2024 Arkansas State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup: Annual Profile of Substance Use
Provides information on youth and adult substance abuse in Arkansas to help guide substance abuse prevention decision-making. Highlights consequences such as arrests, suicide, and depression and focuses on alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug, and prescription drug use. Includes county-level profiles and an overview of a variety of community and personal health indicators.
Additional links: County Report
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Arkansas Department of Human Services, UA Little Rock MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Provides information on youth and adult substance abuse in Arkansas to help guide substance abuse prevention decision-making. Highlights consequences such as arrests, suicide, and depression and focuses on alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug, and prescription drug use. Includes county-level profiles and an overview of a variety of community and personal health indicators.
Additional links: County Report
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Arkansas Department of Human Services, UA Little Rock MidSOUTH Center for Prevention and Training, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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2023 Louisiana Health Report Card
Provides detailed health data by parish for Louisiana. Covers cancer incidence, suicides, the opioid epidemic, COVID-19, infectious diseases, low birthweights and infant deaths, top causes of death, and more.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Provides detailed health data by parish for Louisiana. Covers cancer incidence, suicides, the opioid epidemic, COVID-19, infectious diseases, low birthweights and infant deaths, top causes of death, and more.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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California: County Health Status Profiles 2024
Reports on health status indicators recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for monitoring state and local progress toward achieving Healthy People 2020 goals for the state of California. Includes county-specific information for causes of death, diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and other health conditions.
Additional links: Statewide Mortality Trends Interactive Visualization
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: California Conference of Local Health Officers, California Department of Public Health
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Reports on health status indicators recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for monitoring state and local progress toward achieving Healthy People 2020 goals for the state of California. Includes county-specific information for causes of death, diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and other health conditions.
Additional links: Statewide Mortality Trends Interactive Visualization
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: California Conference of Local Health Officers, California Department of Public Health
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AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024: Achieving the Bold Vision of Health Equity
Discusses cancer disparities with focus on race and ethnicity, rural and other medically underserved populations, social determinants of health, research, related health conditions, screening, mortality, workforce, and public policy. Discusses rural throughout including rural and urban comparisons.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: American Association for Cancer Research
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Discusses cancer disparities with focus on race and ethnicity, rural and other medically underserved populations, social determinants of health, research, related health conditions, screening, mortality, workforce, and public policy. Discusses rural throughout including rural and urban comparisons.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: American Association for Cancer Research
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The Task Force on Maternal Mental Health's Report to Congress
A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on maternal mental health including barriers to care, federal programs doing relevant work, identifying best practices, and offering suggestions to improve federal infrastructure. Topics discussed include substance use, mortality, social determinants of health, data gathering, community engagement, telehealth, screening, violence, policy, access to care, stigma, and more. Highlights programs across the country addressing maternal mental health issues including some in rural areas. Discusses rural throughout.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on maternal mental health including barriers to care, federal programs doing relevant work, identifying best practices, and offering suggestions to improve federal infrastructure. Topics discussed include substance use, mortality, social determinants of health, data gathering, community engagement, telehealth, screening, violence, policy, access to care, stigma, and more. Highlights programs across the country addressing maternal mental health issues including some in rural areas. Discusses rural throughout.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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The State of Cancer in Florida: CCRAB Annual Report 2024
Reports cancer data and trends for the state of Florida. Highlights rural-urban disparities in cancer incidence and mortality, and discusses the importance of increasing access to screening and treatment in rural and underserved communities.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Cancer Council & Research Advisory Council (CCRAB)
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Reports cancer data and trends for the state of Florida. Highlights rural-urban disparities in cancer incidence and mortality, and discusses the importance of increasing access to screening and treatment in rural and underserved communities.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Cancer Council & Research Advisory Council (CCRAB)
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California State of Public Health Report, 2024
Reports on various measures of health across the lifespan for California residents in addition to behavioral health and climate change health impacts. Includes data for rural and urban California suicide rate disparities.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Reports on various measures of health across the lifespan for California residents in addition to behavioral health and climate change health impacts. Includes data for rural and urban California suicide rate disparities.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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2024 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures
Provides an overview of Alzheimer's disease in the United States, including prevalence, mortality and morbidity, and issues related to caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's. Includes discussions about challenges of the disease for patients, providers, and caregivers in rural areas.
Author(s): Joseph Gaugler, Bryan James, Tricia Johnson, et al.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Alzheimer's Association
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Provides an overview of Alzheimer's disease in the United States, including prevalence, mortality and morbidity, and issues related to caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's. Includes discussions about challenges of the disease for patients, providers, and caregivers in rural areas.
Author(s): Joseph Gaugler, Bryan James, Tricia Johnson, et al.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Alzheimer's Association
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Improving the Maternity Care Safety Net: Establishing Maternal Mortality Surveillance for Non-Obstetric Providers and Institutions
Examines a quality improvement plan implemented by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) that utilizes system-level surveillance to monitor non-obstetric care for pregnant veterans. Examines maternal mortality of veterans using VA maternity care benefits, with 2011-2020 data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Joan L. Combellick, Bridget Basile Ibrahim, Aryan Esmaeili, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(1), 37
Date: 12/2023
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Examines a quality improvement plan implemented by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) that utilizes system-level surveillance to monitor non-obstetric care for pregnant veterans. Examines maternal mortality of veterans using VA maternity care benefits, with 2011-2020 data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Joan L. Combellick, Bridget Basile Ibrahim, Aryan Esmaeili, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(1), 37
Date: 12/2023
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Common Causes of Death among American Indian people in Montana
Presents data on American Indian (AI) mortality in Montana. Highlights common causes of death for the state's AI population by age group from 2017 to 2021 and discusses strategies for prevention.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
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Presents data on American Indian (AI) mortality in Montana. Highlights common causes of death for the state's AI population by age group from 2017 to 2021 and discusses strategies for prevention.
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
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