Health Care

Rural Population

The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural.

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Synonyms

14 entry terms
  • Population, Rural
  • Populations, Rural
  • Rural Populations
  • Rural Communities
  • Rural Residence
  • Rural Spatial Distribution
  • Communities, Rural
  • Community, Rural
  • Distribution, Rural Spatial
  • Distributions, Rural Spatial
  • Residence, Rural
  • Rural Community
  • Rural Residences
  • Rural Spatial Distributions

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, history, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geog; RURAL HEALTH & RURAL HEALTH SERVICES are also available

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History Note

68(65)

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Tree Number

  1. N01.600w.725

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rural Population. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012424. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012424
  2. Rural Population. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4414036