It is essential to identify rural patterns in modifiable risk factors that may contribute to the rural disparities in health (Eberhardt, et., 2004). Many indicators such as morbidity, mortality, the well being of individuals, lifestyle behaviors, and other risk factors could measure the health of a population of individuals. In this study, the researchers examined the differences in health measures among rural, suburban, and urban residents and factors that contributed to these differences. The differences between rural and urban residents were observed for some health measures, a consistent rural-to-urban incline was not always found. The results that were concluded was that most rural and the most urban areas were found to be disadvantaged
