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

Table F.2.

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 1.82[0.26,3.48] 4.86[2.35,8.52] 4.85[2.40,10.42] 4.07[2.17,9.88]
Cancer 0.18[0.99,0.65] 0.34[1.93,1.29] 0.42[2.55,1.82] 0.47[2.98,2.23]
Heart disease 0.77[0.16,1.77] 1.56[0.02,3.53] 1.85[0.03,4.50] 1.89[0.04,4.98]
Influenza and pneumonia 3.05[1.52,4.73] 6.06[3.23,9.97] 7.25[3.89,13.60] 7.30[3.90,15.66]
Stroke 1.22[0.17,2.64] 3.12[0.53,6.40] 3.87[0.93,8.71] 3.94[1.07,10.05]
The residual causes 0.61[0.32,1.56] 1.71[0.04,3.55] 2.16[0.26,4.81] 2.27[0.35,5.44]
Overall 0.56[0.10,1.25] 0.81[0.08,1.64] 0.77[0.10,1.50] 0.77[0.10,1.45]

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

Accidents 0.88[0.12,1.67] 2.33[1.13,4.09] 2.33[1.15,5.00] 1.95[1.04,4.74]
Cancer 0.27[1.48,0.97] 0.50[2.88,1.92] 0.63[3.80,2.72] 0.71[4.45,3.32]
Heart disease 1.26[0.26,2.89] 2.55[0.04,5.78] 3.03[0.04,7.36] 3.09[0.06,8.14]
Influenza and pneumonia 0.46[0.23,0.71] 0.90[0.48,1.48] 1.08[0.58,2.03] 1.09[0.58,2.33]
Stroke 0.45[0.06,0.98] 1.16[0.20,2.37] 1.44[0.34,3.23] 1.46[0.40,3.73]
The residual causes 1.90[1.01,4.84] 5.31[0.13,11.05] 6.73[0.81,14.95] 7.07[1.10,16.92]
Overall 4.05[0.76,9.01] 5.85[0.61,11.83] 5.55[0.71,10.83] 5.58[0.73,10.48]

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 2019. 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 2019 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. The overall death rate was 723.6.