Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Mortality
2024 Pennsylvania Farm Fatal Injury Summary
Summarizes data related to farm fatal injuries in Pennsylvania in 2024. Includes statistics on victim demographics, types of injuries, and events leading to fatal injuries, and features a county-level map showing numbers of farm fatalities.
Author(s): Florence Becot
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Penn State Extension
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Summarizes data related to farm fatal injuries in Pennsylvania in 2024. Includes statistics on victim demographics, types of injuries, and events leading to fatal injuries, and features a county-level map showing numbers of farm fatalities.
Author(s): Florence Becot
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Penn State Extension
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Arizona Rural Maternity Care, 2025
Offers data on rural maternity healthcare access and mortality in Arizona. Highlights rural and urban comparisons of healthcare access and health insurance coverage. Includes recommendations for improving access and mortality rates.
Author(s): Bryna Koch, Daniel Derksen
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Offers data on rural maternity healthcare access and mortality in Arizona. Highlights rural and urban comparisons of healthcare access and health insurance coverage. Includes recommendations for improving access and mortality rates.
Author(s): Bryna Koch, Daniel Derksen
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Traffic Safety Facts, 2023 Data: Large Trucks
National data on fatal and nonfatal traffic crashes involving commercial and noncommercial trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds. Features statistics from 2014-2023 with breakdowns by involvement rate per 100,000 registered trucks, crash characteristics, estimated proportion of alcohol-impaired drivers, previous 5-year driving records of drivers in fatal crashes, time of day and week, state, and rural or urban location.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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National data on fatal and nonfatal traffic crashes involving commercial and noncommercial trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds. Features statistics from 2014-2023 with breakdowns by involvement rate per 100,000 registered trucks, crash characteristics, estimated proportion of alcohol-impaired drivers, previous 5-year driving records of drivers in fatal crashes, time of day and week, state, and rural or urban location.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Traffic Safety Facts, 2023 Data: Children
Fact sheet containing information on fatal and non-fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes involving children 14 years of age and younger. Includes statistics on child traffic fatality rates per 100,000 child population and fatality rates by age group from 2014-2023, passenger vehicle occupants by survival status, age group, and restraint use in 2023, driver's blood alcohol level in fatal crashes, and percentages of child pedestrian and child pedalcyclist fatalities with breakdowns by urban and rural location. Features tables with child fatalities by state and age group in 2023.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Fact sheet containing information on fatal and non-fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes involving children 14 years of age and younger. Includes statistics on child traffic fatality rates per 100,000 child population and fatality rates by age group from 2014-2023, passenger vehicle occupants by survival status, age group, and restraint use in 2023, driver's blood alcohol level in fatal crashes, and percentages of child pedestrian and child pedalcyclist fatalities with breakdowns by urban and rural location. Features tables with child fatalities by state and age group in 2023.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Fatal Work Injuries Fell in 2023
Bar charts showing the number of fatal work injuries and rate per 100,000 full-time workers for 2022 and 2023 by broad occupational group. For the farming, fishing, and forestry group, the number and rate increased.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Bar charts showing the number of fatal work injuries and rate per 100,000 full-time workers for 2022 and 2023 by broad occupational group. For the farming, fishing, and forestry group, the number and rate increased.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Rurality and Area Deprivation and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Results of a study exploring the association between neighborhood rurality or economic deprivation with regional variation in outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Features patient demographics and statistics with breakdowns by rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Author(s): Lakota Cheek, Robert H. Schmicker, Remle Crowe, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(4), e253435
Date: 04/2025
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Results of a study exploring the association between neighborhood rurality or economic deprivation with regional variation in outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Features patient demographics and statistics with breakdowns by rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Author(s): Lakota Cheek, Robert H. Schmicker, Remle Crowe, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(4), e253435
Date: 04/2025
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Controlled Substance Prescribing Patterns Among Fatal Overdose Decedents with an Opioid, Stimulant, or Both Contributing to Death — Pennsylvania, 2017–2022
Reports on deaths involving opioids without stimulants, deaths involving stimulants without opioids, and deaths involving both opioids and stimulants in Pennsylvania between 2017 and 2022. Includes data for rural and urban areas. Discusses the role of opioid prescribing on overdose deaths.
Author(s): Stephanie Hayden, Stanley M. Murzynski, Ashley Bolton, Carrie Thomas Goetz
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(12), 205-209
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on deaths involving opioids without stimulants, deaths involving stimulants without opioids, and deaths involving both opioids and stimulants in Pennsylvania between 2017 and 2022. Includes data for rural and urban areas. Discusses the role of opioid prescribing on overdose deaths.
Author(s): Stephanie Hayden, Stanley M. Murzynski, Ashley Bolton, Carrie Thomas Goetz
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 74(12), 205-209
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Overview of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes in 2023
Research note providing data on all police-reported traffic crashes including fatalities and people injured from the 2023 Fatality Analysis Reporting System Annual Report File and the 2023 Crash Report Sampling System, along with data in prior years. Features statistics on fatalities from 2014-2023 with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Research note providing data on all police-reported traffic crashes including fatalities and people injured from the 2023 Fatality Analysis Reporting System Annual Report File and the 2023 Crash Report Sampling System, along with data in prior years. Features statistics on fatalities from 2014-2023 with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Evaluation of FMVSS No. 226: Curtain Air Bags and Ejection Mitigation in Rollover Events
Results of a study evaluating the likelihood of occupant ejection in the presence of curtain air bags deployable during a rollover, and how other factors can affect this outcome. Uses data from the Crash Report Sampling System for 2016-2021. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas, and mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Eliseo Acevedo Díaz
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Results of a study evaluating the likelihood of occupant ejection in the presence of curtain air bags deployable during a rollover, and how other factors can affect this outcome. Uses data from the Crash Report Sampling System for 2016-2021. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas, and mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Eliseo Acevedo Díaz
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Mississippi Maternal Mortality Report: Review of 2017-2021 Deaths
Report from the Mississippi Maternal Review Committee (MMRC) offering analysis of maternal deaths between 2017 and 2021 and recommendations for reducing mortality, including rural-specific needs. Analysis includes mortality by race and ethnicity, age, and leading causes.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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Report from the Mississippi Maternal Review Committee (MMRC) offering analysis of maternal deaths between 2017 and 2021 and recommendations for reducing mortality, including rural-specific needs. Analysis includes mortality by race and ethnicity, age, and leading causes.
Date: 04/2025
Sponsoring organization: Mississippi State Department of Health
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