Rural life riskier than city life? U.S. study says yes

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Rural life riskier than city life? U.S. study says yes

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-life-riskier-city-living-u-study-shows-161836024.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W3OCckEyIAoDH.q9tx5dXA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T161836Z_1_CBRE96M19B600_RTROPTP_2_USA-SCHOOL-FARM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Third grade students Cody Eye and Elizabeth Harder feed the hogs at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton" align="left" title="Third grade students Cody Eye and Elizabeth Harder feed the hogs at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Contrary to what many believe, the risk of dying from an injury is far less in the city than in the country, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Although homicides in cities far outpace those in rural areas, overall the risk of dying from some form of accident or injury is 20 percent greater in the most rural counties of the United States than in the nation's biggest cities. The findings may give pause to people tempted to flee cities for the bucolic ideal of rural life, says Dr. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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