Fig. 2.

Increases in anxiety and depression as standardized effect sizes (Cohen’s $d$ values) comparing the five weeks before Floyd’s death (April 23 to May 26) to the week following Floyd’s death (May 28 to June 2) using data from the US Census Household Pulse survey. Depression was measured by using the PHQ-2 and anxiety using the GAD-2 screener. We used the sum of the person-level item scores to estimate total symptom severity. Estimates incorporate Census-provided weights for age, gender, education, race, and nonresponse. Significance tests of bars are based on a weighted $t$ test; significance between bars is based on a $z$ test comparing the two $d$ values. See SI Appendix for full methods. *P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001.