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. 2022 Dec 5;146:104581. doi: 10.1016/j.jedc.2022.104581

Table 4.

Cumulative changes of age-adjusted death rates for the leading causes of deaths over different horizons following a 1% unemployment shock.

(1) Percentage change
5 years 10 years 15 years 20 years
Accidents 3.10[1.96,4.36] 6.24[3.75,10.19] 5.93[3.26,12.24] 5.06[3.12,11.81]
Cancer 0.10[0.72,0.51] 0.25[1.74,1.29] 0.33[2.46,1.95] 0.37[2.92,2.51]
Heart disease 0.62[0.07,1.36] 1.38[0.17,3.21] 1.66[0.23,4.30] 1.71[0.27,4.72]
Influenza and pneumonia 1.84[0.52,3.18] 4.50[1.36,8.19] 5.65[1.87,11.55] 5.79[2.13,13.36]
Stroke 1.56[0.51,2.63] 3.56[1.20,6.86] 4.28[1.52,9.48] 4.36[1.63,10.99]

(2) Change
5 years 10 years 15 years 20 years

Accidents 1.49[0.94,2.09] 3.00[1.80,4.89] 2.85[1.57,5.87] 2.43[1.50,5.67]
Cancer 0.15[1.07,0.76] 0.37[2.60,1.93] 0.49[3.66,2.91] 0.55[4.36,3.74]
Heart disease 1.01[0.12,2.23] 2.25[0.28,5.25] 2.72[0.38,7.03] 2.80[0.44,7.73]
Influenza and pneumonia 0.27[0.08,0.47] 0.67[0.20,1.22] 0.84[0.28,1.72] 0.86[0.32,1.99]
Stroke 0.58[0.19,0.98] 1.32[0.44,2.55] 1.59[0.56,3.52] 1.62[0.60,4.08]

Notes: We multiply the predicted change at 5, 10, 15, and 20 years provided in Panel (1) of Table 4 with the most recent age-adjusted death rates of the leading causes of deaths in 2018. The age-adjusted death rates (deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population) for the 10 leading causes of death in the most recent year 2018 are: (1) Heart disease, 163.6; (2) Cancer, 149.1; (3) Accidents, 48.0; (4) Chronic lower respiratory disease, 39.7; (5) Stroke, 37.1; (6) Alzheimer disease, 30.5; (7) Diabetes, 21.4; (8) Kidney disease, 12.9; (9) Influenza and pneumonia 14.9; and (10) Suicide, 14.2.