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251. Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in the Rural United States
Date: Jan 2017

Reports on the rural-urban disparities regarding potentially preventable deaths caused by heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD), and stroke for populations less than 80 years of age. Discusses factors impacting the rural-urban gap, and offers suggestions for reducing these disparities and improving health. Updated in a November 2019 report.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(2), 1-7 Date 01/2017 Type Document Organization Centers for Disease...

252. Vital Signs: Decrease in Incidence of Diabetes-Related End-Stage Renal Disease among American Indians/Alaska Natives — United States, 1996–2013
Date: Jan 2017

Reports on diabetes-related end-stage renal disease by race/ethnicity from 1996-2013. Discusses clinical, public health, and population management approaches used by Indian Health Service that may have positively impacted incidence rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(1), 26-32 Date 01/2017 Type Document Organization...

253. Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas — United States, 1999–2014
Date: Jan 2017

Investigates the differences in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan regions of the U.S. for the 5 leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke) by analyzing and comparing mortality data derived from the National Vital Statistics System. Discusses the trends in annual age-adjusted death rates for unintentional injury for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of the U.S.

...MMWR Surveillance Summaries, 66(1), 1-8 Date 01/2017 Type Document Organization Centers for Disease...

254. Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal Miners--Eastern Kentucky, 2016
Date: Dec 2016

Describes a sharp increase in cases of Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF) from January 2015 through August 2016, as reported by a radiologist treating 60 former or active coal miners in rural central Appalachia. Includes a chart showing percentages of miners with 25 or more years underground work experience in that region who were diagnosed with PMF from 1970-2016.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(49), 1385-1389 Date 12/2016 Type Document Organization...

255. Vital Signs: Trends in HIV Diagnoses, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States
Date: Dec 2016

Reports on trends in HIV diagnoses among people who inject drugs. Figure 1 shows data for urban and rural White, African American, and Hispanic people from 2008-2014.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(47), 1336-1342 Date 12/2016 Type Document Organization...

256. Vital Signs: Disparities in Tobacco-Related Cancer Incidence and Mortality — United States, 2004–2013
Date: Nov 2016

Reports on trends and disparities in incidence and death rates for cancers related to cigarette smoking during 2004–2013. Includes data for urban and rural counties.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(44),1212-1218 Date 11/2016 Type Document Organization...

257. Fentanyl Law Enforcement Submissions and Increases in Synthetic Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths - 27 States, 2013-2014
Date: Aug 2016

Reports on drugs testing positive for fentanyl. Provides information on synthetic opioid-involved deaths other than methadone, including fentanyl deaths. For 27 states with death certificate reporting of drugs involved in overdoses, provides data for metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(33), 837-843 Date 08/2016 Type Document Organization...

258. Disparities in Adolescents' Residence in Neighborhoods Supportive of Physical Activity — United States, 2011–2012
Date: Jun 2016

Discusses the connection between adolescents living in neighborhoods that support physical activity (have sidewalks and walking paths, parks, playgrounds, and/or recreation centers) and overall health. Identifies differences in access to neighborhoods supportive of physical activity by ethnicity and race, income level, parental education level, and rurality. Provides recommendations for community-based projects for improvement.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(23), 598-601 Date 06/2016 Type Document Organization...

259. Living Well with a Disability, a Self-Management Program
Date: Feb 2016

Discusses a self-management program intended to support healthy living among people with mobility impairments, and designed for compatibility with implementation in rural areas that may lack health promotion resources.

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(1), 61-67 Date 02/2016 Type Document Tagged...

260. The HoMBReS and HoMBReS Por un Cambio Interventions to Reduce HIV Disparities Among Immigrant Hispanic/Latino Men
Date: Feb 2016

Describes the Hombres Manteniendo Bienestar y Relaciones Saludables (Men Maintaining Wellbeing and Healthy Relationships) (HoMBReS) intervention developed by a community-based, participatory research partnership in North Carolina to address Hispanic/Latino populations in the U.S. who are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) - Supplement, 65(1), 51–56 Date 02/2016 Type Document...