Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Rural-urban differences
NSDUH (National Survey on Drug Use and Health) Detailed Tables - 2025
Explores 2025 survey data on use of prescription and illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and nicotine products, trends in substance use disorder (SUD) and mental illness, and access to treatment for youth and adults. Features statistics for a variety of demographic and geographic characteristics, including rural versus urban status.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Explores 2025 survey data on use of prescription and illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and nicotine products, trends in substance use disorder (SUD) and mental illness, and access to treatment for youth and adults. Features statistics for a variety of demographic and geographic characteristics, including rural versus urban status.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Rural America's Funding Gap: Why Place-Based Investment Matters | Uneven Ground Webinar
Webinar presenting and discussing findings from Uneven Ground: Local Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America, a report on gaps in rural public investment. Discusses the impacts of public funding systems and policy on rural community development and highlights effective approaches to targeted public investment. Transcript available via video description.
Author(s): Amanda Weinstein, Matt Dunne, Tony Pipa, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Center on Rural Innovation
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Webinar presenting and discussing findings from Uneven Ground: Local Public Funding Gaps Between Rural and Nonrural America, a report on gaps in rural public investment. Discusses the impacts of public funding systems and policy on rural community development and highlights effective approaches to targeted public investment. Transcript available via video description.
Author(s): Amanda Weinstein, Matt Dunne, Tony Pipa, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Center on Rural Innovation
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National Trends in Bone-Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1999–2024: A Multiple-Cause-of-Death Analysis with Projections to 2040
Examines trends in prostate cancer mortality with bone metastasis as a contributing cause using 1999-2024 CDC WONDER data. Includes demographic and rural-urban data comparisons.
Author(s): Kanza Atif, Eshal Atif, Vishan Das, Alaa Eldeeb
Citation: Frontiers in Oncology, 16, 1882666
Date: 07/2026
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Examines trends in prostate cancer mortality with bone metastasis as a contributing cause using 1999-2024 CDC WONDER data. Includes demographic and rural-urban data comparisons.
Author(s): Kanza Atif, Eshal Atif, Vishan Das, Alaa Eldeeb
Citation: Frontiers in Oncology, 16, 1882666
Date: 07/2026
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Traffic Safety Facts, 2024 Data: Rural/Urban Traffic Fatalities
Reports 2024 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data describing fatal motor vehicle crashes. Provides rural versus urban statistics for fatal motor vehicle crashes by light condition, roadway departure and intersection, age group, speeding, alcohol use, seat belt use, and rollover crashes. Includes statistics on ratio of rural to urban fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, by state, as of 2024.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Reports 2024 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data describing fatal motor vehicle crashes. Provides rural versus urban statistics for fatal motor vehicle crashes by light condition, roadway departure and intersection, age group, speeding, alcohol use, seat belt use, and rollover crashes. Includes statistics on ratio of rural to urban fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, by state, as of 2024.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Traffic Safety Facts, 2024 Data: Bicyclists and Other Cyclists
National data on fatal and non-fatal traffic crashes involving bicyclists and other cyclists, including riders of two-wheel vehicles, tricycles, and unicycles powered by pedals and/or motors. Features statistics from 2015-2024 with breakdowns including fatality and injury rates, age group, sex, time of day and day of the week, alcohol involvement, blood alcohol concentrations of riders, vehicle type and impact point, fatality rates by state, and rural or urban location.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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National data on fatal and non-fatal traffic crashes involving bicyclists and other cyclists, including riders of two-wheel vehicles, tricycles, and unicycles powered by pedals and/or motors. Features statistics from 2015-2024 with breakdowns including fatality and injury rates, age group, sex, time of day and day of the week, alcohol involvement, blood alcohol concentrations of riders, vehicle type and impact point, fatality rates by state, and rural or urban location.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Geographic and Social Equity in Population-Wide Genomic Screening
Examines whether combining implementation science and informatics infrastructure supports population-wide genomic screening, and assesses screening coverage by rurality and social disadvantage. Uses data collected from 2021-2025 in South Carolina. Features statistics with breakdowns by 9 levels population density.
Author(s): Kalyani Sonawane, Daniel P. Judge, Ella Moore, Samantha Norman, Caitlin G. Allen
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 9(7), e2622743
Date: 07/2026
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Examines whether combining implementation science and informatics infrastructure supports population-wide genomic screening, and assesses screening coverage by rurality and social disadvantage. Uses data collected from 2021-2025 in South Carolina. Features statistics with breakdowns by 9 levels population density.
Author(s): Kalyani Sonawane, Daniel P. Judge, Ella Moore, Samantha Norman, Caitlin G. Allen
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 9(7), e2622743
Date: 07/2026
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Trends in Rural and Urban Family Physician Teaching of Health Professions Students and Residents
Compares the amount of early career family physicians offering clinical instruction to health professions students in rural and urban areas. Analyzes the types of students being taught, such as premedical, medical, residents, or fellows, among others, as well as practice characteristics of the settings where physicians were engaged in teaching.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Lars E. Peterson, Davis G. Patterson, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 266557
Date: 07/2026
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Compares the amount of early career family physicians offering clinical instruction to health professions students in rural and urban areas. Analyzes the types of students being taught, such as premedical, medical, residents, or fellows, among others, as well as practice characteristics of the settings where physicians were engaged in teaching.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Lars E. Peterson, Davis G. Patterson, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 266557
Date: 07/2026
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Food and Health: Time Spent Eating, Acquiring Food, Preparing Meals, and Being Physically Active Among U.S. Adults, 2022-2023
Reports on time spent eating, acquiring food, preparing meals, and physical activity among adults using 2022-2023 American Time Use Survey Eating and Health Module data. Includes data comparisons by metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan dwelling, among other demographic factors.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Eliana Zeballos, Brandon J. Restrepo
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Reports on time spent eating, acquiring food, preparing meals, and physical activity among adults using 2022-2023 American Time Use Survey Eating and Health Module data. Includes data comparisons by metropolitan versus nonmetropolitan dwelling, among other demographic factors.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Eliana Zeballos, Brandon J. Restrepo
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Results from the Annual Survey of School Food Authorities, School Year 2024-2025
Analyzes supply chain disruptions in School Food Authorities (SFAs), such as the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP), from 2024 to 2025. Provides data on SFA supply chain challenges, food and labor costs, student participation, and more, with rural, suburban, and urban breakdowns.
Author(s): Ashley Chaifetz, Susannah Barr, Allison Lacko
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Administration
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Analyzes supply chain disruptions in School Food Authorities (SFAs), such as the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP), from 2024 to 2025. Provides data on SFA supply chain challenges, food and labor costs, student participation, and more, with rural, suburban, and urban breakdowns.
Author(s): Ashley Chaifetz, Susannah Barr, Allison Lacko
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Administration
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Structural Vulnerability in the United States Radiation Oncology Delivery System: Predictors and Consequences of Practice Site Disappearance
Examines the impact of radiation oncology (RO) practice site disappearance on treatment capacity in U.S. counties. Utilizes 2018-2025 data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Downloadable File to analyze RO practice sites according to urban, rural-adjacent, or rural-nonadjacent county location, hospital affiliation, and county sociodemographics. Includes county-level U.S. map showing RO site growth, loss, or stability.
Author(s): Catherine Yu, Sifan Grace Lu, Danielle Arons, Jared P. Rowley, Kunal K. Sindhu
Citation: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Date: 07/2026
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Examines the impact of radiation oncology (RO) practice site disappearance on treatment capacity in U.S. counties. Utilizes 2018-2025 data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Downloadable File to analyze RO practice sites according to urban, rural-adjacent, or rural-nonadjacent county location, hospital affiliation, and county sociodemographics. Includes county-level U.S. map showing RO site growth, loss, or stability.
Author(s): Catherine Yu, Sifan Grace Lu, Danielle Arons, Jared P. Rowley, Kunal K. Sindhu
Citation: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Date: 07/2026
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