"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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| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Integration of community-engaged research technology and methods to guide tobacco regulatory science in rural communities. Front Public Health. 2026; 14:1867960.
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Implementation Evaluation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Address the Infectious Disease and Overdose Syndemic Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2026 Sep-Oct 01; 32(5):797-810.
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Drug Use and Social Connectivity Related to Hepatitis C Infection Among Rural People Who Use Drugs. J Viral Hepat. 2026 Jul; 33(7):e70200.
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Correlates of Rural Naloxone Possession Among People Who Use Drugs: A Multi-State Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Rural Health. 2026 Jun; 42(3):e70187.
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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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Adult tobacco product use patterns across the urban-rural continuum: The longitudinal Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2016-2023. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70140.
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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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Genomic surveillance uncovers regional variation in HCV transmission networks in rural United States. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 02; 17(1):249.
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Accounting for social and environmental drivers of neurodevelopment: lessons from a pilot study in a pediatric Colombian cohort. Pediatr Res. 2026 Jun; 99(7):2660-2668.
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Sociodemographic Predictors of County-Level Mammography Screening Rates in the United States. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025 11; 7(6):e240433.