America's rural-urban divide in diabetes deaths has tripled over the last two decades, a study revealed today — amid mounting hospital closures and less access to expertise in rural areas.Research led by Keele University in Newcastle, England, looked at more than 6.5million diabetes-related deaths from between 1999 and 2019. They found that while the rate dropped in urban areas — particularly among women and older adults —, it rose in rural places over the same time period.Scientists behind the study blamed reduced access to healthcare, a lack of access to diabetes expertize and hospital closures in rural areas for the mounting fatalities from diabetes.
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