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State Office of Rural Health Promotes the health of rural and medically underserved individuals, families, and communities in Arizona through service, education, and research.

Any area not in an urban area is categorized as rural. A map of Census urban and rural areas can be found here.

Any area not in an urban area is categorized as rural. A map of Census urban and rural areas can be found here.

Rural risk factors for health disparities include geographic isolation, lower socioeconomic status, higher rates of health risk behaviors, limited access to healthcare specialists and subspecialists, and limited job opportunities.

People who live in rural areas, for example, are more likely than urban residents to die prematurely from all of the five leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke.

More than 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, live in rural areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Rural Americans are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke than their urban counterparts.