"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".
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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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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2014 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2017 | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| 2018 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 2019 | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| 2020 | 12 | 24 | 36 |
| 2021 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2022 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rural Population" by people in Profiles.
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Distribution of Informal Caregiving for Older Adults Living With or At Risk of Cognitive Decline Within and Beyond Family in Rural South Africa. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2025 Apr 07; 80(5).
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Changes in the provision and utilisation of health care services for chronic health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural northeast South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis. J Glob Health. 2025 Jan 31; 15:04022.
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Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa. Nature. 2025 Feb; 638(8051):718-728.
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Objectively-measured sleep characteristics and the associated factors among rural and urban in-school Nigerian adolescents. Sleep Med. 2025 03; 127:158-165.
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Pulmonary Function Testing in Healthy Infants in Rural Bangladesh: Feasibility Study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27461.
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Assessing patients' experience of care in four referral hospitals: a cross-sectional survey of outpatients in two South African rural provinces. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18; 24(1):1566.
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The relationship between lifecourse traumatic events and pain in an older rural South African population: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(12):e0313140.
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Leadership, cohesion, and stress in primary care facilities and retention in chronic care in rural northeast South Africa before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study. J Glob Health. 2024 Dec 09; 14:05035.
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Estimating dementia prevalence using remote diagnoses and algorithmic modelling: a population-based study of a rural region in South Africa. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Dec; 12(12):2003-2011.
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Perceptions of HIV and mental illness as "Western" or "Traditional" illnesses: a cross-sectional study from Limpopo Province, South Africa. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Nov 21; 24(1):404.