Rural Americans are up to 20% more likely than their urban counterparts to die from illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and lower respiratory infections
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The federal study examined the 10 leading causes of death nationally from 2009 through 2019. It found people in cities live longer than their rural counterparts, and the health disparities are increasing.by the Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa. Public health experts said rural Americans are less likely to have gotten vaccinated, driving up their coronavirus death rates.
Though high-volume urban hospitals have more practice at some complicated procedures, Singh said, health care is otherwise surprisingly consistent, given national benchmarks, federal regulations and insurer oversight. EMTs in rural Kansas wheel a COVID-19 patient into their waiting ambulance for transport to a larger hospital from Quinter, Kan. Rural residents often face long delays in accessing emergency care.
As more unvaccinated Americans struggle with COVID-19, Slabach worries the effects will be felt disproportionately in rural areas. He predicted rural Latinos, Black people and Native Americans would fare worse, because those groups are unhealthier than their white counterparts, and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionthose three groups will continue to have COVID-19 death rates at least twice that of white Americans.
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