Rural America's working-age adults die at wildly higher rates than their counterparts in cities. Why?

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32. Rates can be misleading when talking about small numbers

In Michigan, 3% of the population lives in the northern 1/3 of the state while about 80% lives in the lowest 1/3 of the state.

While the rural north may have a higher mortality rate, a few extra deaths per year spread out over 15 counties probably isn't even noticable.