According to the charity, people living in rural areas are aware of the risks of contracting the disease.

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In Wales, statistics shows people living in rural areas were more satisfied than those based in industrial areas.

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In Kenya today, diabetes afflicts 5% of people living in rural areas and as many as 10% of those living in cities.

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Young people living in rural areas require new coping mechanisms to deal with climate change and shrinking farm sizes, and to exploit opportunities for off-farm work.

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The call comes after a recent report published by Citizens Advice Scotland, showing that people living in some remote and rural areas of Scotland are paying extra money to have goods bought online delivered to their homes.

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Deaths from twisters have been declining in recent years because of improved forecasts and increased awareness by people living in tornado-prone areas, especially in smaller and rural communities.

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The government will spend 13 billion baht trying to create jobs for 486, 000 people, over 80% of them unskilled and many now living in rural areas.

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Helping a large Indian outsourcer go public, Janah hit on the notion that poor, educated people even in rural areas of developing countries could do data-entry work, just as people living in large Indian cities do.

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