Introduction
Every year, people in rural Alabama struggle to get the care they need, whether they are unable to leave work, find sufficient transportation, pay their insurance premiums, or some combination of these. Chronic and life-threatening illnesses and injuries disproportionately affect those in rural communities. Some statistics*:
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- As of 2017, 10% of Alabama residents lack healthcare
- As of 2018, the poverty rate in rural Alabama is 20.6%, 4.9 percentage points higher than in urbanized areas and 8.8 percentage points higher than the national average
- As of January 2020, Alabama had:
- 5 Critical Access Hospitals
- 117 Rural Health Clinics
- 105 Federally Qualified Health Center sites located outside of Urbanized Areas
- 48 short term hospitals located outside of Urbanized Areas
- In 2018, 1,122 people died of vaccine-preventable diseases in Alabama
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