"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 | 8 | 9 |
| 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 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Sherr HR, Soliman AS, Bertrand KA, Hirko KA. Persistent poverty and late-stage breast cancer diagnosis in the USA: impacts of rural residence, race, and time within Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries, 2004 to 2021. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Nov; 36(11):1589-1597.
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Santos J, Baier V, Hunter A, Politt A, Bordeaux S, Sears G, Wheeler D, Baldwin J, Alexander SC, Hubach RD. Barriers to HIV/STI Services and Service Access Preferences Among Rural Sexual Minority Men and Native American Men in Oklahoma. AIDS Educ Prev. 2025 Aug; 37(4):260-272.
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Montgomery A, Vadapalli R, Dinenno FA, Schilling J, Jain P, Jacob A, Chism D, Shanker A. Machine learning to evaluate the effects of non-clinical social determinant features in predicting colorectal Cancer mortality in a medically underserved Appalachian population. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 16; 15(1):25781.
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Carew JW, Radulescu SC, Zhang L, Ungurean C, Calomfirescu C, Furtunescu F, Soliman AS. Breast cancer mortality in Romania: trends, regional and rural-urban inequalities, and policy implications. BMC Cancer. 2025 Jul 01; 25(1):1038.
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Williams SA, Lin SF, Jaime S, Carlson B, Keckler M. Examining Health Literacy and Appropriateness of Commercially Developed Patient Education Materials for Adults Living With Diabetes on the U.S./Mexico Border. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Jun; 34(5):215-222.
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Herrera K, de Reyes MM, Sunil T. Predictors of High Obesity in Rural Nicaragua: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Apr 22; 22(5).
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Ko E, Valadez Galindo A, Avila M, Wells KJ, Van Bebber A, Gamino M, Martinez J, Cartmell A. Cancer-related financial toxicity among Latinas with breast cancer in a rural area of the United States: a qualitative study. BMC Womens Health. 2025 Apr 15; 25(1):182.
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Macander C, Wang H, Galafassi M, Jones GM, Das A, Willaert A, Henderson-Mitchell R, Higginbotham JC. Role of Race, Rurality, and Age in Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Initiation among US Women. South Med J. 2025 Apr; 118(4):206-210.
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Cooper JR, Acker KA, Geyer JD, Henderson MM, Henderson-Mitchell R, Higginbotham JC. Optimizing Positive Airway Pressure Compliance and Outcomes in Rural Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Through Telehealth. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Mar 29; 22(4).
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Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Tabatabai M, Wilus D, Hildreth JEK, Juarez PD. Improving HPV Vaccine Coverage in Tennessee: Addressing Barriers and Expanding Access for Mid-Adults. Pathogens. 2025 Mar 25; 14(4).