Disease is factor in higher death rate in rural America

While the U.S. mortality rate is lower than in the 1960s, the urban rate has declined more rapidly than the rural rate, especially in the past generation. Three USDA analysts said a notable factor was a higher death rate from disease among working-age people in rural America. “In 2019, natural-cause mortality (NCM) rates for the… » Read More

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