"Rural Population" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural.
| Descriptor ID |
D012424
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.600.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Rural Population- Rural Population
- Population, Rural
- Populations, Rural
- Rural Populations
Rural Spatial Distribution- Rural Spatial Distribution
- Distribution, Rural Spatial
- Distributions, Rural Spatial
- Rural Spatial Distributions
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Rural Population".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Rural Population".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Rural Population" by people in this website by year, and whether "Rural Population" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2014 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2015 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2016 | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| 2017 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2018 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 2021 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Murillo K, Kitayama K, Yu F, Tseng VL, Coleman AL. Geographical barriers to surgical treatment for cataract among California Medicare beneficiaries. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2026 Jun 01; 52(6):544-550.
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Vidyapogu Y, Golime R, Talabattula VAN, Nadella V. Burden and Determinants of Anemia Among Rural Adolescent Girls in Andhra Pradesh, India: A Mixed-Methods Study on Nutritional Status, KAP and Stakeholder Insights. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2026 Mar 28; 23(4).
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Omore R, Ogwel B, Ochieng JB, Juma J, Omballa V, Ouma A, Aol G, Audi A, Agogo GO, Odongo G, Onyango C, Wamola N, Komo T, Chepkemoi D, Hunsperger E, Feikin DR, Montgomery JM, Widdowson MA, Prentice-Mott G, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Munywoki PK, Bigogo GM, Verani JR. Population-based incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigellosis among children and adults from rural and urban Kenya, 2010-2019. PLoS One. 2026; 21(3):e0330888.
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Barreto GA, Li T, Gwanzura T, Sheehan DM, Trepka MJ. Comparison of Premature Cause-Specific Mortality Among People With HIV in Florida Pre-(2019) and Early (2020) COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparities by Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Rurality, and Social Vulnerability. J Prim Care Community Health. 2026 Jan-Dec; 17:21501319261422872.
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Floyd LJ, Doherty I, Burford T, Kumar D. Why People Share (Or Don't): Race/Ethnicity and Contextual Correlates of Willingness to Disclose Contact Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural North Carolina. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2026 Feb 20; 23(2).
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Sherr HR, Soliman AS, Bertrand KA, Hirko KA. Persistent poverty and breast cancer incidence by tumor subtype: intersections of rural/urban residence and race within USA Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Registries, 2017 to 2021. Cancer Causes Control. 2026 Jan 17; 37(2):26.
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Granata Green M, Meschke LL, Sunil T, Samuel J, Kintziger KW, Tran PM. The association between rural/urban residence status and patient-reported outcomes in individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2026; 21(1):e0340451.
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Williams SA, Shriver RC, Juhala CC. Bridging the Gap: Health Education Needs Among Rural Populations with Chronic Illness and Low Health Literacy in Unincorporated Communities in Southern California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Dec 23; 23(1).
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Sarker F, Ripan RC, Chowdhury MH, Islam AN, Rahman M, Islam S, Saha S, Mamun KA. Stroke Prevalence and Risk Factors in Rural Communities Within a Resource-Constrained South Asian Setting: Population-Based Study of 1.3 Million Individuals. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025 Dec 19; 11:e46122.
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Moreira J, Gonzalez A, Chavez J, Baltrushes N, Cheney AM. ?Coma, Mu?vase y Viva!: qualitative findings from a dietary and lifestyle change intervention for Latinas in the rural desert region of Inland Southern California. BMC Public Health. 2025 Nov 19; 25(1):4049.