The Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book – Twelfth Edition contains a wide range of current county level information on the resident population, economy, social environment, population health, health workforce, and the health care delivery system. It includes important data for public policy makers, health care professionals and administrators, rural health care advocates, and equally important, the residents of rural and frontier Nevada. The primary purpose of this data book is to provide the most current and accurate data for these audiences, as well as for those interested in learning more about health and health care in Nevada.
Utilizing over 100 sources of public and private data, most tables provide county level data aggregated at the regional level highlighting important distinctions between rural and urban regions of the state. In some cases, the only available data is regional in nature (e.g., HIV/AIDS prevalence rates). In other instances, the data counts for individual rural and frontier counties are suppressed by the data-collecting agency for confidentiality or other reasons (e.g., teen pregnancy rates). Regardless, the expressed intent of this publication is to highlight important differences among the urban, rural, and frontier areas of the state.
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