"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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2026 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Implementing measurement-based care in virtual mental health services for rural veterans: provider insights from a pre-implementation evaluation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 Apr 03; 26(1).
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Bacterial fecal microbiome composition associated with HIV stage among rural and peri-urban adults living with HIV in Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 10; 26(1).
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Single-Day Couples Intervention for Veterans and Their Romantic Partners: A Pilot Feasibility Trial. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70170.
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"Hit or Miss": Rural Veterans' Experiences Receiving Community Mental Health Care. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70151.
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Cultivating the Field of Rural Health Research: The Case for Rural Health Research Competencies. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70178.
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Administrative and Logistical Considerations Essential for Success of Virtual Mental Health Clinics for Rural Native Veterans. Telemed J E Health. 2026 Apr; 32(4):421-424.
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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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Implementing the NYU Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA)? for head and neck cancer in rural and urban populations: a study protocol for a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation clinical trial. Trials. 2025 Dec 09; 26(1):563.
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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.