"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Unmet Healthcare Needs as a Mechanism of Rural-Urban Medical Cannabis Use Disparities Among Sexual Minority Young Adults. J Rural Health. 2026 Jun; 42(3):e70191.
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Equine-related injuries in rural Oklahoma: a 10-year experience emphasizing genitourinary trauma. World J Urol. 2026 May 23; 44(1).
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Tobacco retail characteristics across urban and rural districts in Lao PDR: an observational study, 2024. Front Public Health. 2026; 14:1784257.
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Development and Validation of a Grading Scale to Predict Functional Outcome in Acute Stroke Patients Treated With intravenous Thrombolytics in the Rural Setting. Neurologist. 2026 Mar 01; 31(2):27-31.
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Social Networks Influence Vaccine Confidence in Rural Black Americans. Fam Community Health. 2026 Apr-Jun 01; 49(2):90-100.
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Optimizing mobile mammography deployment in Oklahoma 2024: a two-step floating catchment area approach. Geospat Health. 2026 Feb 02; 21(1).
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Lessons from the fields of Kansas: Food is medicine implementation in a predominantly rural state. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2026; 37(3S):207-218.
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Planning for implementation scale-up of a medication for opioid use disorder program across rural Colorado: Ensuring fit to context. Eval Program Plann. 2026 Apr; 115:102749.
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Development of a Diabetes Rural Stakeholder Research Team and Patient-Centered Research Agenda. OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2026 Apr; 46(2):203-212.
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Associations of rural-urban residence with daily experiences of minority stress and tobacco use among sexual minority young adults. Addict Behav. 2026 Jan; 172:108525.