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2020

Public Health

Population Health Research Brief Series

Rural health

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High Covid-19 Mortality Risk In Pennsylvania’S Rural Counties, Raeven Faye Chandler, Shannon M. Monnat, Yue Sun Jul 2020

High Covid-19 Mortality Risk In Pennsylvania’S Rural Counties, Raeven Faye Chandler, Shannon M. Monnat, Yue Sun

Population Health Research Brief Series

COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania have been concentrated in eastern urban counties this far. However, the 14-day incident rate has recently begun increasing in several rural counties that have high prevalence of several chronic health conditions that increase risk of severe complications and death from COVID-19.


New York State’S Rural Counties Have Higher Covid-19 Mortality Risk, Shannon M. Monnat, Yue Sun Jun 2020

New York State’S Rural Counties Have Higher Covid-19 Mortality Risk, Shannon M. Monnat, Yue Sun

Population Health Research Brief Series

As New York’s regions move through their various phases of reopening businesses and recreations activities, policymakers and residents should be mindful of the underlying health vulnerabilities and the higher COVID-19 mortality risk in several of NY’s rural counties. Is your county at high risk?