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Estimates of changes in respiratory and cardiovascular disease hospitalizations owed to lockdown-attributable PM changes for populations age 65+ stratified by US census region, both over the lockdown period (“LD”) and in the hypothetical scenario that the PM changes persisted for one year.
| Region | Respiratory (LD) | CVD (LD) | Respiratory (Yearly) | CVD (Yearly) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | 35 | 64 | 256 | 469 |
| South | 57 | 105 | 416 | 764 |
| Midwest | 83 | 153 | 609 | 1117 |
| West | -14 | -26 | -104 | -191 |
| US Total | 161 | 296 | 1177 | 2160 |
