Rural Americans More Likely To Die From Leading Causes Of Death Than Their Urban Counterparts, Research Indicates.

reports that “among their conclusions,” the investigators “found that in rural areas,” approximately “half of deaths from unintentional injury and chronic lower respiratory disease were potentially excess deaths, compared with about 39 percent and 31 percent in metropolitan areas.” Meanwhile, “rural areas...may have less access to health care and engage in habits that may increase their risk of death, such as not wearing car seat belts, not exercising, smoking cigarettes, and carrying excess weight. that a study from the CDC indicates “rural Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer and the three other leading causes of death than their urban counterparts.” These “five top causes of death – heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke – accounted for 62 percent of the total...deaths in the” US “in 2014.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/12/rural-americans-more-likely-to-die-from-top-5-causes-of-death/?utm_term=.3a421ca22c5b