Table 1.

Unemployment Rate Coefficients by Broad Age and Cause of Death

1978-2006	Cause/Place of Death		Percent of overall cyclicality due to cause/age cell
Age group	MVA	All Other Causes	MVA	All Other Causes
<65	−2.641***	−0.136	14.99 percent	11.64 percent
	(0.544)	(0.207)
Mean Deaths per Year	38,649	581,475
65+	−2.197***	−0.301***	2.28 percent	71.09 percent
	(0.610)	(0.082)
Mean Deaths per Year	7,077	1,606,329
			Average deaths per year–total	2,233,530

Notes: Dependent variable is age-adjusted log death rate for motor vehicle accidents (MVA) or all other causes, by age group. Parameters are the estimated mortality semi-elasticity with respect to the state-year unemployment rate, with coefficients multiplied by 100. Each cell is a separate regression. Controls include State and Year Fixed effects, state-specific trends, demographic and education controls. Standard errors clustered at the state level. Estimates weighted by state-year population of relevant age group.

^***Significant at the 1 percent level.

^**Significant at the 5 percent level.

^*Significant at the 10 percent level