{"id":934,"date":"2016-04-21T14:56:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T19:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=934"},"modified":"2016-04-21T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T19:57:20","slug":"rural-white-female-mortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2016\/04\/21\/rural-white-female-mortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural, White Women Getting Sicker, Dying Quicker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graphic via Washington Post. Click for original and animation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> highlights the growing morbidity and mortality rates of rural white women<\/a>. The rates of sickness and death for white women have climbed steadily over the past couple of decades, but the most dramatic increase is in rural areas. Sociologists and demographers have long investigated these trends. Poverty, stress, and timing of childbirth all matter for mortality, but the combination of these factors have stronger effects on rural, white women\u2014surprising, because poverty confounds our typical understandings of race and inequality.<\/p>\n

Mortality rates have decreased overall since the latter half of the 20th century, though several factors, many related to poverty and education, contribute to the increasing death rates of certain groups. Those with less education tend to have higher mortality rates and rates of heart disease and lung cancer.<\/h5>\n