Mortality rate change between metro and nonmetro areas

While most age cohorts saw mortality rates decline nationwide, nonmetro areas saw less of a decline, and occasional increases in mortality. Change from 1999-2001 to 2017-2019, which means COVID-19 is not reflected in this chart.

Note: Mortality rates are deaths per 100,000 residents, pooled over a 3-year period to ensure adequate data and mitigate annual spikes. Metro (metropolitan) and nonmetro (nonmetropolitan) counties are delineated by the Office of Management and Budget’s 2013 Core-Based Statistical Area definition. Mortality data are crude rates and not age-adjusted because they are segmented by 5-year age groups (cohorts).
Chart: Daniel Wheaton | Midwest NewsroomSource: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper