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Distribution of counties using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) system for urban-rural classification at the county level. The six-level system comprises metropolitan counties (large central metro, large fringe metro, medium metro, and small metro) and nonmetropolitan counties (micropolitan and noncore). Reproduced from publicly available report.17
