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Resources by Topic: Mortality

Health, United States, 2001: With Urban and Rural Health Chartbook
Includes a chartbook that highlights rural-urban differences and presents information on population characteristics, health-related behaviors, health status, and healthcare access and use for five levels of urbanization and four regions of the United States.
Date: 2001
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Race and Place: Urban-Rural Differences in Health for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Investigates urban-rural disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in six health areas: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations. Provides data for the years 1991-1995.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Slifkin, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Thomas C. Ricketts,
Date: 03/2000
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Michigan's Opioid Use Landscape
An interactive county-level map that provides information on opioid use in Michigan. Users can select indicators by county, overdose rates, fatalities, socioeconomic variables, opioid use hot spots, location of substance use disorder (SUD) care facilities, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
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Illinois Death Statistics
Provides county-level mortality statistics in Illinois through 2023 with additional data breakdowns of cause of death and injury deaths.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Illinois Infant Mortality Statistics
Provides a county-level map of infant mortality in Illinois through 2019. Includes some county-level statistics, such as age and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Department of Public Health
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Missouri Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Dashboard
An interactive dashboard that provides pregnancy-associated mortality data in Missouri according to demographics, cause and timing of death, region, and metro, micro, or rural location.
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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Rural Data Analysis Dashboard: A Comparative Analysis of Health Data for the New England Region
Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Common Cancers in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties
Provides data on cancer incidence and mortality by metropolitan or nonmetropolitan dwelling using U.S. Cancer Statistics data. Includes comparisons of lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, female breast, and prostate cancer by rural or urban status.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Nevada Substance Use Surveillance Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing data on substance use disorders, overdoses, and deaths from overdose in Nevada. Data may be filtered by rural area or region.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Authority
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Community-Led Solutions That Address the Root Causes of America's Unique Longevity Problem Can Improve Health for All
Discusses causes of mortality in the United States, with data on chronic disease, suicide, and injuries. Includes an interactive county-level map showing suicide deaths per 100,000 people, along with contextual community conditions such as people per primary care physician and mental health provider, unemployment rates, median household income, and broadband access, with rural versus urban counties highlighted.
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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