"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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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Intersectional pain disparities and resilience in veterans with chronic pain. Health Psychol. 2026 Jan; 45(1):123-135.
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Antibiotic dispensing behaviors for pediatric diarrhea: A qualitative study of informal healthcare providers in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0339283.
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Understanding the role of neighborhood deprivation in racial disparities in triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer. 2025 Nov 01; 131(21):e70138.
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Gaps in buprenorphine access: Examining provider availability and treatment continuity. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2026 Jan; 180:209818.
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Digitally Mediated Occupational Therapy to Increase Physical Activity in Urban and Rural Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Single-Arm Feasibility Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 26; 14:e73554.
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Energy and Nutrient Intakes of Public Health Concern by Rural and Urban Ghanaian Mothers Assessed by Weighed Food Compared to Recommended Intakes. Nutrients. 2025 Aug 07; 17(15).
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Are there rural-urban disparities in cardiovascular disease hospitalization and other outcomes in people with gout? A nationwide U.S. study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Aug 01; 64(8):4744-4749.
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Rural-Dwelling Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Risk of Myocardial Infarction Hospitalization: An Observational Study Using the National Inpatient Sample. J Rheumatol. 2025 Jul 01; 52(7):655-661.
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Where Do Organ Donors Come From in the United States? An Analysis of Urban and Rural Donation. Clin Transplant. 2025 Jul; 39(7):e70231.
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Low-cost filtration for metal(loids) removal from groundwater in rural Bangladesh: probabilistic human health risk mitigation effect. Environ Geochem Health. 2025 Jun 09; 47(7):256.