Rural adults experience higher mortality from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, and stroke. They also have more stress-related deaths.
Rural life sucks, part 2: Health
This is part two of a series about quality of life in rural versus urban parts of the US. Read part one here if you haven’t. Today, we’re talking about health. Now, a few people might claim that their quality of life is better after sickness, injury, or disability. But I feel safe saying that the vast majority of people, the vast majority of the time, would choose health.
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