Research Alert: October 23, 2014
Rural Border Health Chartbook II
The forty-four U.S. counties in states that adjoin the
border with Mexico (Arizona, California, New Mexico and
Texas) share many health concerns with corresponding
counties in Mexico. The U.S.-Mexico Border Health
Commission established health goals for the region, in
which eight of ten leading causes of death are the same
across both countries. The chartbook presents a
cross-sectional analysis of border counties, urban and
rural, comparing these counties to other counties within
the four border states and to rural and urban counties in
the rest of the United States.
Janice C. Probst, PhD
South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 803.251.6317
jprobst@mailbox.sc.edu
Additional Resources of Interest:
- More information about the Rural and Minority Health Research Center