"Urban 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 a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D014505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.600.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Urban Population- Urban Population
- Population, Urban
- Populations, Urban
- Urban Populations
Urban Spatial Distribution- Urban Spatial Distribution
- Distribution, Urban Spatial
- Distributions, Urban Spatial
- Urban Spatial Distributions
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Urban Population".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Urban Population".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Urban Population" by people in this website by year, and whether "Urban 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 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2015 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urban Population" by people in Profiles.
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Defining Veteran Rurality: An Analysis of the U.S. Veterans Health Administration Rural-Urban Taxonomy. J Rural Health. 2026 Jun; 42(3):e70182.
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A Large, Diverse, Urban Cardiovascular Health e-Cohort in Childhood and Adolescence: Protocol for the Young Hearts Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 May 21; 15:e82619.
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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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Rural-Urban Differences in Use of Mental Health Care for Serious Mental Illness at the Veterans Health Administration: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70173.
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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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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 09 26; 14:e73554.
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Prevalence of Postpartum Depression in Adolescents in an Urban Teen Clinic. Matern Child Health J. 2025 Nov; 29(11):1520-1527.
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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 08 01; 64(8):4744-4749.
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Using community-based participatory research to contextualize Latino exposure to community violence: A mixed qualitative and spatial analysis approach. Am J Community Psychol. 2025 12; 76(3-4):423-435.