Rural Health 2007

Define Rural Health:

The Federal Government Definition:

Territory, population and housing units not classified as urban constitute.

In the 100% data products, "rural" is divided into "places of less than 2,500" people and "not-in-places. " The "not-in-places" category comprises "rural" outside incorporated and census designated places and the rural portions of extended cities.

In the sample data products, rural population and housing units are subdivided into "rural farm" and "rural non-farm."

"Rural farm" comprises all rural household, and housing units on farms.

"Rural non-farm" comprises the remaining rural.

Brittony (IRHE 3100 student) defined rural health as a small town probably with limited facilities and resources. My definition referred to its poor infrastructure like the country roads and the long distance shopping centers. Neither of this was close to the definition Dr. Greer gave as defined by the government relative to the number of persons per land mass or distribution density.