Cancer care disparities among rural populations are increasingly documented and may be
worsening, likely because of the impact of rurality on access to state-of-the-art cancer …

One in every twenty-five persons in America is a racial/ethnic minority who lives in a rural
area. Our objective was to summarize how racism and, subsequently, the social …

In this report, the authors provide comprehensive and up‐to‐date US data on disparities in
cancer occurrence, major risk factors, and access to and utilization of preventive measures …

Importance Differences in obesity by sex, age group, race and Hispanic origin among US
adults have been reported, but differences by urbanization level have been less studied …

Background: Cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States are declining, but this
decrease may not be observed in rural areas where residents are more likely to live in …

Importance Health care delivery faces a myriad of challenges globally with well-documented
health inequities based on geographic location. Yet, researchers and policy makers have a …

(1) Introduction. A recent viral outbreak of novel coronavirus (CoVID-19) was declared as a
pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its global public health concern …

Estimates of the total US population living in non-metropolitan (rural) counties vary from 46.2
million to 59 million people. This represents 14% to 19% of the US population. A recent …

Introduction Despite having lower overall incidence rates, rural populations tend to have
higher cancer mortality rates. Rural populations often have higher rates of cancers with …

Cigarette smoking prevalence is higher in rural than urban US communities. This disparity
has increased over time. 1 People in rural vs urban areas are more likely to die prematurely …