Table 1.

Age-standardized mortality rates at ages 25–64 per 100,000 population and county-level characteristics by metropolitan status in 1999–2001 and 2015–2017 (weighted by population). Source: For list of sources see Appendix Table 4

	Large central metro		Large fringe metro		Medium/Small metro		Nonmetropolitan
	2000	2017	2000	2017	2000	2017	2000	2017
Mortality per 100 k	410.84	335.16	342.94	312.84	394.35	398.52	427.72	463.28
% College grads	28.53	33.71	28.47	33.73	22.58	26.77	15.12	18.65
% In poverty	12.49	15.95	7.31	10.35	11.70	15.77	13.87	17.35
% In manufacturing	12.17	8.89	13.44	10.19	14.65	10.95	18.68	14.08
% 25–64 year-olds	54.73	55.85	54.40	53.44	51.91	51.43	51.27	50.88
% Foreign-born	8.20	11.42	4.84	7.51	2.27	3.41	0.92	1.32
% Unemployment	4.16	5.30	3.36	4.91	4.19	5.59	4.69	5.83
% Obese	25.88	36.18	25.37	37.48	27.55	40.04	29.72	42.46
% Current smokers	23.48	16.95	23.97	17.95	25.80	20.71	28.13	24.34
% Single-parent	0.12	0.12	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.11	0.09	0.09