Trends in lifespan variation across the spectrum of rural and urban places in the United States, 1990-2017.

ABSTRACT: Mortality disparities between urban and rural areas in the United States widened in recent decades as mortality improvements in rural areas slowed. Although the existence of a rural mortality penalty is well-documented, previous research in this area has focused almost exclusively on differences in average levels of mortality between rural and urban areas rather than differences in levels of lifespan variation within rural and urban areas. This oversight is important because monitoring trends in lifespan variation provides unique insights into levels of inequality in the age-at-death distribution within a population. Does the rural mortality penalty in life expectancy extend to lifespan variation? We used U.S. Multiple Cause of Death data files to measure life disparity at bi

SUBMITTER: Walker BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434220 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature