@article{9ab5876201954221b35ca3706c90502d,
title = "Healthy people 2020: Rural areas lag in achieving targets for major causes of death",
abstract = "For the period 2007–17 rural death rates were higher than urban rates for the seven major causes of death analyzed, and disparities widened for five of the seven. In 2017 urban areas had met national targets for three of the seven causes, while rural areas had met none of the targets.",
author = "Sirin Yaemsiri and Alfier, {Johanna M.} and Ernest Moy and Rossen, {Lauren M.} and Brigham Bastian and Jane Bolin and Ferdinand, {Alva O.} and Timothy Callaghan and Melonie Heron",
note = "Funding Information: The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policy of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the United States government. The authors acknowledge Robert Francis, Deborah D. Ingram, Florence Lee, and Donald Malec from the NCHS and Macarena Garcia from the CDC for their statistical consultation and guidance. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Project HOPE— The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00915",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "38",
pages = "2027--2031",
journal = "Health Affairs",
issn = "0278-2715",
publisher = "Project Hope",
number = "12",
}