MORTALITY GAP

Jun 25 2026HEALTH

Rural America struggles with rising death rates compared to cities

Back in the late 1990s, something started going wrong for people living outside big cities. Suddenly, folks in rural areas began dying younger than those in urban zones. That gap keeps getting worse today. The problem hits hardest among adults aged 25 to 54—the prime years for work and raising famil

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