Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Mortality
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Inpatient Stays Involving Sepsis, 2016–2021
Offers national statistics on inpatient hospital stays involving sepsis by race and ethnicity. Discusses trends over time, comorbidities, mortality, and more. Table 1 includes data by rural or urban residence, among other measures.
Author(s): Melissa A. Miller, Kimberly Martin, Molly Hensche, Carrie Goetsch
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Offers national statistics on inpatient hospital stays involving sepsis by race and ethnicity. Discusses trends over time, comorbidities, mortality, and more. Table 1 includes data by rural or urban residence, among other measures.
Author(s): Melissa A. Miller, Kimberly Martin, Molly Hensche, Carrie Goetsch
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rural and Urban Hospital Differences in Inpatient Stays Involving Sepsis, 2019 and 2021
Explores inpatient hospital stays related to sepsis using the 2019 and 2021 State Inpatient Databases (SID) for 47 States and the District of Columbia. Presents data on the percentage of stays related to sepsis, lengths of stay, costs of stay, and outcomes for sepsis stays for over 4,200 community hospitals. Compares data for rural and urban hospitals by ownership, bed size, teaching hospital status, and safety net designation.
Author(s): Joanna Jiang, Lan Liang, Meghana Chandra, Sai Loganathan
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Explores inpatient hospital stays related to sepsis using the 2019 and 2021 State Inpatient Databases (SID) for 47 States and the District of Columbia. Presents data on the percentage of stays related to sepsis, lengths of stay, costs of stay, and outcomes for sepsis stays for over 4,200 community hospitals. Compares data for rural and urban hospitals by ownership, bed size, teaching hospital status, and safety net designation.
Author(s): Joanna Jiang, Lan Liang, Meghana Chandra, Sai Loganathan
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Suicide Prevention in Tennessee: 2023 Annual Report
Summarizes suicide surveillance and programmatic data collected by the Tennessee Department of Health. Identifies strategies and best practices for the prevention of deaths by suicide. Features statistics including rates of suicide among residents of rural Tennessee counties from 2018-2022
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Summarizes suicide surveillance and programmatic data collected by the Tennessee Department of Health. Identifies strategies and best practices for the prevention of deaths by suicide. Features statistics including rates of suicide among residents of rural Tennessee counties from 2018-2022
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Illinois Homelessness Mortality and Morbidity Report 2017-2022
Provides a statistical overview of homelessness in Illinois from 2017-2022, with a focus on mortality, morbidity, and hospital utilization. Includes data by Illinois region and rural versus urban county, as well as by population groups, such as veterans, widows, rural residents, and more.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Dana Madigan, Hannah Matzke, Lee Friedman
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Provides a statistical overview of homelessness in Illinois from 2017-2022, with a focus on mortality, morbidity, and hospital utilization. Includes data by Illinois region and rural versus urban county, as well as by population groups, such as veterans, widows, rural residents, and more.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Dana Madigan, Hannah Matzke, Lee Friedman
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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The Ecology of Economic Distress and Life Expectancy
Examines the relationship between life expectancy (LE) and county-level indicators such as race, rural status, and economic prosperity. Examines 2000-2019 data for LE, with rural, suburban, and metro comparisons across racial and economic groups, with economic distress calculated according to unemployment, housing, poverty, education, and other social indicators.
Author(s): William Brinson Weeks, Ji E. Chang, José A. Pagán, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Public Health, 69
Date: 07/2024
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Examines the relationship between life expectancy (LE) and county-level indicators such as race, rural status, and economic prosperity. Examines 2000-2019 data for LE, with rural, suburban, and metro comparisons across racial and economic groups, with economic distress calculated according to unemployment, housing, poverty, education, and other social indicators.
Author(s): William Brinson Weeks, Ji E. Chang, José A. Pagán, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Public Health, 69
Date: 07/2024
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Report to Congress: Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis in the United States: An Update from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Reports on efforts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve maternal health outcomes, including programs related to care delivery, access to care, and social factors influencing health. Presents data and discussion of maternal health trends, identifies key drivers, highlights relevant HHS programs and actions, and presents a framework to measure progress. Details rural access and outcome disparities and features rural-focused programs.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on efforts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve maternal health outcomes, including programs related to care delivery, access to care, and social factors influencing health. Presents data and discussion of maternal health trends, identifies key drivers, highlights relevant HHS programs and actions, and presents a framework to measure progress. Details rural access and outcome disparities and features rural-focused programs.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Pain in the Nation 2024: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths
Report focuses on alcohol, drug, and mortality statistics and trends, with a special feature on polysubstance use and drug overdose issues. Includes data on substance use and mortality, with U.S. maps showing overdose and suicide rates, breakdowns according to race and metro versus nonmetro location, and state-by-state statistical trends. Provides policy recommendations to address substance use and offers examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Molly Warren, Brandon Reavis
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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Report focuses on alcohol, drug, and mortality statistics and trends, with a special feature on polysubstance use and drug overdose issues. Includes data on substance use and mortality, with U.S. maps showing overdose and suicide rates, breakdowns according to race and metro versus nonmetro location, and state-by-state statistical trends. Provides policy recommendations to address substance use and offers examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Molly Warren, Brandon Reavis
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Trust for America's Health
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Community-Level Factors and their Associations with Changing Opioid Overdose Fatality Rates in Kentucky, 2019–2021
Identifies associations between community-level factors and opioid overdose fatality rates in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky counties, and examines how these associations have changed from 2019 to 2021. Discusses societal changes that occurred due to COVID-19, including social isolation, and which may be linked to an increase in overdose deaths. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, adjacent-to-metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Shawn R. Nigam, Philip M. Westgate, Svetla Slavova, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Katherine L. Thompson
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 6(1), 90-115
Date: 07/2024
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Identifies associations between community-level factors and opioid overdose fatality rates in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky counties, and examines how these associations have changed from 2019 to 2021. Discusses societal changes that occurred due to COVID-19, including social isolation, and which may be linked to an increase in overdose deaths. Features statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan, adjacent-to-metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Shawn R. Nigam, Philip M. Westgate, Svetla Slavova, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Katherine L. Thompson
Citation: Journal of Appalachian Health, 6(1), 90-115
Date: 07/2024
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Pregnancy-Related Maternal Mortality in the State of Georgia: Timing and Causes of Death
Examines pregnancy-related deaths in Georgia across various sociodemographic characteristics. Analyzes 2016-2019 Georgia Department of Public Health maternal mortality data according to postpartum time period, race/ethnicity, age, education, health condition, and rural versus urban county of residence.
Author(s): Anthony J Kondracki, Wei Li, Manouchehr Mokhtari, et al.
Citation: Women's Health, 20
Date: 07/2024
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Examines pregnancy-related deaths in Georgia across various sociodemographic characteristics. Analyzes 2016-2019 Georgia Department of Public Health maternal mortality data according to postpartum time period, race/ethnicity, age, education, health condition, and rural versus urban county of residence.
Author(s): Anthony J Kondracki, Wei Li, Manouchehr Mokhtari, et al.
Citation: Women's Health, 20
Date: 07/2024
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Feasibility and Efficacy of a Novel Audiovisual Tool to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening among Rural Appalachian Kentucky Adults
Examines an audiovisual tool to improve understanding of fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) directions and assesses the tool's feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy in an Appalachian population of Kentucky. Utilizes survey data and focus group feedback from 692 individuals to examine FIT completion. Discusses colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality and strategies to improve screening.
Author(s): Aaron J. Kruse-Diehr, Derek Cegelka, Elizabeth Holtsclaw, et al.
Citation: Public Health, 12
Date: 07/2024
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Examines an audiovisual tool to improve understanding of fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) directions and assesses the tool's feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy in an Appalachian population of Kentucky. Utilizes survey data and focus group feedback from 692 individuals to examine FIT completion. Discusses colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality and strategies to improve screening.
Author(s): Aaron J. Kruse-Diehr, Derek Cegelka, Elizabeth Holtsclaw, et al.
Citation: Public Health, 12
Date: 07/2024
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