Health Disparities in Appalachia
August 2017Julie L. Marshall, Logan Thomas, Nancy M. Lane, G. Mark Holmes, Thomas A. Arcury, Randy Randolph, Pam Silberman, William Holding, Lisa Villamil, Sharita Thomas, Maura Lane, Janine Latus, Jonathan Rodgers, and Kelly Ivey
PDA, Inc.; Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research; Appalachian Regional Commission
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This first report, Health Disparities in Appalachia, measures population health in Appalachia and documents disparities between the Region and the nation as a whole, as well as disparities within the Appalachian Region.
Fact sheets summarizing the report's key findings on health measures for the Appalachian Region and for each Appalachian state are available at www.arc.gov/factsheets. A press release on the report was issued on August 24, 2017.
Full Report in PDF (46.1 MB)