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Background The impact of rural-urban residence on stroke risk and poor stroke outcomes among postmenopausal women is unknown. Methods We used data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) (1993-2014; n = 155,186) to test the hypothesis that women who live in rural compared with urban areas have higher stroke risk and worse stroke outcomes than urban women. We used rural-urban commuting area codes to categorize geocoded participant addresses into urban, large rural, or small rural areas. Incident strokes during follow-up were adjudica