INTRODUCTION The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is designed to encourage active and safe transportation for children to school. This report examines the potential broader impact of these programs on communities within 0.5 mile (0.8 km) of schools. METHODS We used a geographic information system to generate estimates of the land area within 0.5 mile of public schools in 4 U.S. Census-def...

In 2014, the all-cause age-adjusted death rate in the United States reached a historic low of 724.6 per 100,000 population (1). However, mortality in rural (nonmetropolitan) areas of the United States has decreased at a much slower pace, resulting in a widening gap between rural mortality rates (830.5) and urban mortality rates (704.3) (1). During 1999–2014, annual age-adjusted death rates for ...

Data on the characteristics of office visits to general surgeons by ambulato~ patients are presented. Individual profiles are detailed for physicians in solo and group practices, for those in the four major geographic regions, and in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Information on the medical and surgical care provided by different age groups of physicians is provided. The condition of p...

In 1988 the American Academy of Family Physicians sampled 4400 active members whose mailing address was in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia. The sample was stratified by nine census regions; after two mailings a 76.2% response rate was achieved. Nine in ten active members have hospital admission privileges. A higher proportion of family physicians in the West North Central censu...